Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.2 AppleGraphicsPowerManagement memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.2. This impacts an unknown function of the component AppleGraphicsPowerManagement. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2016-1716. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.2 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing of the component AppleGraphicsPowerManagement. 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 summary by CVE is:

AppleGraphicsPowerManagement in Apple OS X before 10.11.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was released 01/19/2016 by Moony Li, Liang Chen and Sen Nie with Zero Day Initiative as HT205731 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-1716 since 01/13/2016. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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 88047 (Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.3 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 124584 (Apple Mac OS X v10.11.3 and Security Update 2016-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2016-01-19-2)).

Upgrading to version 10.11.3 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 (88047), SecurityFocus (BID 81274†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-55972†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-79234, VDB-80332, VDB-80333 and VDB-80334. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 88047
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 February-2016
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11.3

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT205731
Researcher: Moony Li, Liang Chen, Sen Nie
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1716 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1716
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-80331
SecurityFocus: 81274 - Apple Mac OS X APPLE-SA-2016-01-19-2 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1034736
Vulnerability Center: 55972 - Apple Mac OS X 10.11-10.11.2 Local Code Execution in AppleGraphicsPowerManagement, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/21/2016 09:21
Updated: 07/03/2022 17:10
Changes: 01/21/2016 09:21 (75), 07/02/2018 09:14 (15), 07/03/2022 17:10 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:D64:103

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