CVE-2016-4752 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Apple MAC OS X

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure3 documents3 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 51.29%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple MAC OS XApple Macos Sierra
Timeline
PublishedSep 25
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The SecKeyDeriveFromPassword function in Apple OS X before 10.12 does not use the CF_RETURNS_RETAINED keyword, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory by triggering key derivation.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.11.6
▶Appleapple/macos_sierra10.12

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-fx2c-x2mg-cjm2: The SecKeyDeriveFromPassword function in Apple OS X before 10↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Apple
CVE-2016-4752: macOS Sierra 10.12↗2016-09-20
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