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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.5 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was shared 07/18/2016 by Ian Beer (Shrek_wzw) with Google Project Zero as HT206903 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-1863 since 01/13/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The advisory points out:
Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92494 (Apple TV < 9.2.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r.
Upgrading to version 10.11.6 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 (92494) and Exploit-DB (40652). The entries 89675, 89684, 89686 and 89687 are related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 92494
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 9.2.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities December-2016
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11.6
Timeline
01/13/2016 🔍07/18/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT206903
Researcher: Ian Beer (Shrek_wzw)
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1863 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036344
SecurityFocus: 91828 - Apple Mac OS X/watchOS/iOS/tvOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 07/19/2016 19:24Updated: 09/06/2022 08:36
Changes: 07/19/2016 19:24 (59), 03/03/2019 12:41 (28), 09/06/2022 08:36 (4)
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