Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.3 AppleUSBNetworking App memory corruption
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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.3 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component AppleUSBNetworking. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability (App). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
AppleUSBNetworking in Apple iOS before 9.3 and OS X before 10.11.4 allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted USB device.
The weakness was published 03/21/2016 as HT206167 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-1734 since 01/12/2016. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The advisory points out:
A memory corruption issue existed in the parsing of data from USB devices. This issue was addressed through improved input validation.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 90096 (Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context c. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124842 (Apple Mac OS X v10.11.4 and Security Update 2016-002 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5)).
Upgrading to version 10.11.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (90096) and SecurityFocus (BID 71820†).
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Name: AppClass: Memory corruption / App
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Nessus ID: 90096
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 March-2016
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11.4
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Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT206167
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1734 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 71820
SecurityTracker: 1035353
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/23/2016 12:10Updated: 07/11/2022 06:40
Changes: 03/23/2016 12:10 (60), 09/08/2018 10:10 (20), 07/11/2022 06:40 (3)
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