CVE-2016-4603
Web Media in Apple iOS before 9.3.3 allows attackers to bypass the Private Browsing protection...
Web Media in Apple iOS before 9.3.3 allows attackers to bypass the Private Browsing protection mechanism and obtain sensitive video URL information by leveraging Safari View Controller misbehavior.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Web Media in Apple iOS before 9.3.3 allows attackers to bypass the Private Browsing protection mechanism and obtain sensitive video URL information by leveraging Safari View Controller misbehavior.
- Record
CVE-2016-4603- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-254
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Web Media in Apple iOS before 9.3.3 allows attackers to bypass the Private Browsing protection mechanism and obtain sensitive video URL information by leveraging Safari View Controller misbehavior.
- Record
CVE-2016-4603- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-5589 No score
Web Media in Apple iOS before 9.3.3 allows attackers to bypass the Private Browsing protection mechanism and obtain sensitive video URL information by leveraging Safari View Controller misbehavior.
- Record
EUVD-2016-5589- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8h3m-72q2-6wfr
Web Media in Apple iOS before 9.3.3 allows attackers to bypass the Private Browsing protection...
Web Media in Apple iOS before 9.3.3 allows attackers to bypass the Private Browsing protection mechanism and obtain sensitive video URL information by leveraging Safari View Controller misbehavior.
- Record
GHSA-8h3m-72q2-6wfr- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-4603 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Apple Iphone Os, published July 22, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.20%, the 68th percentile. No source names a fixed version.