Apple macOS 10.12.0 Security Password credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple macOS 10.12.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Security. The manipulation leads to credentials management (Password). This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-4670. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple macOS 10.12.0 (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Security. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability (Password). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.1 is affected. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. The issue involves the "Security" component. It allows local users to discover lengths of arbitrary passwords by reading a log.

The weakness was released 10/24/2016 by Daniel Jalkut as HT207275 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-4670 since 05/11/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

A logging issue existed in the handling of passwords. This issue was addressed by removing password length logging.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94253 (macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.1 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 10.12.1 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 (94253) and SecurityFocus (BID 94433†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-93050, VDB-93057, VDB-93059 and VDB-93060. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Name: Password
Class: Credentials management / Password
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 94253
Nessus Name: macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-03 February-2017
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.12.1

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05/11/2016 🔍
10/24/2016 +166 days 🔍
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10/25/2016 +1 days 🔍
10/25/2016 +0 days 🔍
11/21/2016 +27 days 🔍
02/20/2017 +91 days 🔍
05/17/2019 +816 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207275
Researcher: Daniel Jalkut
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4670 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4670
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93071
SecurityFocus: 94433 - Apple iOS and Mac OS CVE-2016-4670 Local Security Bypass Vulnerability

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

Created: 10/25/2016 09:12
Updated: 05/17/2019 17:03
Changes: 10/25/2016 09:12 (59), 05/17/2019 17:03 (25)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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