CVE-2016-4698 — Improper Input Validation in Apple Iphone OS

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation4 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 49.99%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Apple Iphone OSApple MAC OS XApple IOS+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 25
Latest updateMay 17

Description

AppleMobileFileIntegrity in Apple iOS before 10 and OS X before 10.12 mishandles process entitlement and Team ID values in the task port inheritance policy, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.11.6
▶NVDapple/iphone_os9.3.5
▶Appleapple/ios10
▶Appleapple/macos_sierra10.12

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-54c5-ch86-wwxj: AppleMobileFileIntegrity in Apple iOS before 10 and OS X before 10↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Apple
CVE-2016-4698: macOS Sierra 10.12↗2016-09-20
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Apple
CVE-2016-4698: iOS 10↗2016-09-13
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