Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.3 Reminders access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Reminders. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-1770. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.3 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code of the component Reminders. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Reminders component in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 allows attackers to bypass an intended user-confirmation requirement and trigger a dialing action via a tel: URL.

The weakness was disclosed 03/21/2016 by Guillaume Ross (Proteas) with Rapid7 as HT206167 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-1770 since 01/13/2016. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue. The advisory points out:

A user was not prompted before invoking a call. This was addressed through improved entitlement checks.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 90096 (Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.4 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 124842 (Apple Mac OS X v10.11.4 and Security Update 2016-002 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5)).

Upgrading to version 10.11.4 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 (90096), SecurityFocus (BID 85056†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-57630†). The entries VDB-68484, VDB-68973, VDB-73556 and VDB-81428 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 90096
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 March-2016
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11.4

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT206167
Researcher: Guillaume Ross (Proteas)
Organization: Rapid7
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1770 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1770
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-81477
SecurityFocus: 85056 - Apple Mac OS X APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1035363
Vulnerability Center: 57630 - Apple OS X 10.11 through 10.11.3 Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability - CVE-2016-1770, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/23/2016 12:40
Updated: 11/12/2024 00:06
Changes: 03/23/2016 12:40 (77), 02/02/2019 11:20 (13), 07/11/2022 09:51 (3), 11/12/2024 00:06 (16)
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