CVE-2013-4616

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-06-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

The WifiPasswordController generateDefaultPassword method in Preferences in Apple iOS 6 and earlier relies on the UITextChecker suggestWordInLanguage method for selection of Wi-Fi hotspot WPA2 PSK passphrases, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack that leverages the insufficient number of possible passphrases.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: through 6.0; 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2 (+35)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html
http://lists.owasp.org/pipermail/owasp-mobile-security-project/2013-June/000640.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/54886
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029054
http://www1.cs.fau.de/filepool/projects/hotspot/hotspot.pdf
http://www1.cs.fau.de/hotspot
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html
http://lists.owasp.org/pipermail/owasp-mobile-security-project/2013-June/000640.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/54886
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029054

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