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A vulnerability was found in Apple watchOS up to 3.0 (Smartwatch Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component System Boot. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was presented 10/24/2016 by Ian Beer with Google Project Zero as HT207269 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-4669 since 05/11/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The advisory points out:
Multiple input validation issues existed in MIG generated code. These issues were addressed through improved validation.
The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94337 (Apple TV < 10.0.1 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370175 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update Sierra 10.12.1, El Capitan 2016-002 and Yosemite 2016-006 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2016-10-24-2)).
Upgrading to version 3.1 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 (94337) and Exploit-DB (40654). See 93042, 93046, 93047 and 93052 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 94337
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 10.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-04 February-2017
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: watchOS 3.1
Timeline
05/11/2016 🔍10/24/2016 🔍
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10/25/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT207269
Researcher: Ian Beer
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4669 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1037086
SecurityFocus: 93849 - Apple macOS/watchOS/iOS/tvOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 10/25/2016 11:35Updated: 09/28/2022 14:25
Changes: 10/25/2016 11:35 (61), 05/18/2019 07:39 (27), 09/28/2022 14:25 (4)
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