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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.12.1 (Operating System). This affects some unknown functionality of the component Foundation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 12/13/2016. The weakness was presented 12/13/2016 by daybreaker@Minionz with Zero Day Initiative as HT207423 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-7618 since 09/09/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:
A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95917 (macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.2 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.
Upgrading to version 10.12.2 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 (95917). See 87463, 91385, 91659 and 93261 for similar entries.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 95917
Nessus Name: macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 February-2017
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Upgrade: macOS 10.12.2
Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT207423
Researcher: daybreaker@Minionz
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7618 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1037469
SecurityFocus: 94903 - Apple macOS APPLE-SA-2016-12-13-1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entry
Created: 12/14/2016 13:37Updated: 10/08/2022 00:58
Changes: 12/14/2016 13:37 (71), 07/06/2019 18:11 (12), 10/08/2022 00:58 (4)
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