Apple macOS up to 10.12.3 EFI cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple macOS up to 10.12.3. Affected is an unknown function of the component EFI. Performing a manipulation results in cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-7585. The attack may be carried out on the physical device. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple macOS up to 10.12.3 (Operating System). This affects some unknown functionality of the component EFI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-310. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 04/01/2017. The weakness was published 03/27/2017 by Brandon Azad with Apple as HT207615 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-7585 since 09/09/2016. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue. The advisory points out:

An issue existed in the handling of DMA. This issue was addressed by enabling VT-d in EFI.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99134 (macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (httpoxy)), 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 370348 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update Sierra 10.12.4, El Capitan 2017-001 and Yosemite 2017-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2017-03-27-3)).

Upgrading to version 10.12.4 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 (99134) and SecurityFocus (BID 97140†). Similar entries are available at VDB-93752, VDB-94628, VDB-95275 and VDB-98727. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: Yes
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 99134
Nessus Name: macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (httpoxy)
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-HT207615
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.12.4

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09/09/2016 🔍
03/27/2017 +199 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207615
Researcher: Brandon Azad
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7585 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7585
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98625
SecurityFocus: 97140 - Apple macOS APPLE-SA-2017-03-27-3 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-7585 - Apple - macOS - Information Disclosure Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038138

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

Created: 03/28/2017 11:07
Updated: 10/27/2024 19:32
Changes: 03/28/2017 11:07 (76), 08/20/2020 17:15 (8), 11/15/2022 19:48 (4), 11/15/2022 19:55 (1), 10/27/2024 19:32 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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