Apple macOS up to 10.11 IOThunderboltFamily memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.11 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component IOThunderboltFamily. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-4727. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple macOS up to 10.11 (Operating System). Affected is an unknown code of the component IOThunderboltFamily. 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. CVE summarizes:

IOThunderboltFamily in Apple OS X before 10.12 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 disclosed 09/20/2016 by Meder Kydyraliev (Shrek_wzw) with Zero Day Initiative as HT207170 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-4727 since 05/11/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. A authentication is needed for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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 93685 (macOS < 10.12 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 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 (93685) and SecurityFocus (BID 93055†). The entries VDB-89145, VDB-91991, VDB-92000 and VDB-92001 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 93685
Nessus Name: macOS < 10.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 64377
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 September-2016
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.12

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207170
Researcher: Meder Kydyraliev (Shrek_wzw)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4727 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4727
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92082
SecurityFocus: 93055 - Apple Mac OS X APPLE-SA-2016-09-20 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036858

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/26/2016 11:34
Updated: 09/20/2022 20:49
Changes: 09/26/2016 11:34 (71), 04/25/2019 18:58 (14), 09/20/2022 20:49 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:195:103

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