Apple macOS up to 10.11 Sandbox access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.11. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Sandbox. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2016-4617. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.11 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Sandbox. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12 is affected. The issue involves a sandbox escape related to launchctl process spawning in the "libxpc" component.

The bug was discovered 10/24/2016. The weakness was presented 02/20/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-4617 since 05/11/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (93685) and SecurityFocus (BID 96329†). See VDB-89145, VDB-91991, VDB-92000 and VDB-92001 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
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Nessus ID: 93685
Nessus Name: macOS < 10.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.12

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05/11/2016 🔍
09/20/2016 +132 days 🔍
09/23/2016 +3 days 🔍
10/24/2016 +31 days 🔍
02/20/2017 +119 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-4617 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4617
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-97123
SecurityFocus: 96329 - Apple macOS CVE-2016-4617 Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-4617 - Apple - Mac OS X - Security Bypass Issue

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

Created: 02/20/2017 14:57
Updated: 08/15/2020 22:27
Changes: 02/20/2017 14:57 (70), 08/15/2020 22:27 (6)
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Cache ID: 216:6AA:103

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