Apple macOS up to 10.12.0 FaceTime information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.12.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component FaceTime. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-7577. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.12.0 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component FaceTime. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. 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, integrity, and availability. 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 "FaceTime" component, which allows remote attackers to trigger memory corruption and obtain audio data from a call that appeared to have ended.

The bug was discovered 10/24/2016. The weakness was released 02/20/2017 by Daniel Jalkut with salesforce.com as HT207271 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-7577 since 09/09/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (94253) and SecurityFocus (BID 94429†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-93042, VDB-93046, VDB-93047 and VDB-93052. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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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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09/09/2016 🔍
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02/20/2017 +91 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207271
Researcher: Daniel Jalkut
Organization: salesforce.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7577 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7577
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-97151
SecurityFocus: 94429 - Apple iOS and Mac OS Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-7577 - Apple - Multiple Products - Memory Corruption Issue

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Created: 02/20/2017 15:01
Updated: 08/16/2020 08:05
Changes: 02/20/2017 15:01 (79), 08/16/2020 08:05 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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