Apple macOS up to 10.12.1 IOSurface Memory information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.12.1. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component IOSurface. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure (Memory). This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-7620. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.12.1 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component IOSurface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Memory). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "IOSurface" component. It allows local users to obtain sensitive kernel memory-layout information via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 12/13/2016. The weakness was shared 12/13/2016 by daybreaker@Minionz with Zero Day Initiative as HT207423 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-7620 since 09/09/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:

A shared memory issue was addressed through improved memory handling.

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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370262 (Apple macOS Sierra Security Update 10.12.2 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2016-12-13-1)).

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 databases at Tenable (95917) and SecurityFocus (BID 94903†). The entries VDB-87463, VDB-91385, VDB-91659 and VDB-93261 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Name: Memory
Class: Information disclosure / Memory
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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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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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.12.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207423
Researcher: daybreaker@Minionz
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7620 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7620
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-94394
SecurityFocus: 94903 - Apple macOS APPLE-SA-2016-12-13-1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1037469

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

Created: 12/14/2016 13:46
Updated: 09/21/2024 12:36
Changes: 12/14/2016 13:46 (71), 07/06/2019 22:22 (14), 10/08/2022 07:23 (2), 09/21/2024 12:36 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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