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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.11 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown part of the component IOAcceleratorFamily. 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 summary by CVE is:
IOAcceleratorFamily in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.
The weakness was released 09/20/2016 by YoungJin Yoon as HT207170 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-4726 since 05/11/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:
A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93776 (Apple TV < 10 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 10.12 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (93776). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 91603, 91618, 91993 and 91997.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 93776
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 10 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 September-2016
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Countermeasures
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Upgrade: macOS 10.12
Timeline
05/11/2016 🔍09/20/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT207170
Researcher: YoungJin Yoon
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4726 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036858
SecurityFocus: 93054 - Apple iOS/tvOS/MacOS/watchOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entry
Created: 09/26/2016 11:34Updated: 09/20/2022 20:41
Changes: 09/26/2016 11:34 (58), 04/25/2019 18:54 (25), 09/20/2022 20:41 (3)
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