7.0high

CVE-2016-1757in critical feed2 exploits

Race condition in the kernel in Apple iOS before 9.3 and OS X before 10.11.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged con…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.0
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
12.7%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Race condition in the kernel in Apple iOS before 9.3 and OS X before 10.11.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

12.70% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-39741 Mach Race OSX - Local Privilege Escalation · local · 2016-04-27
  • EDB-39595 Apple Mac OSX / iOS - SUID Binary Logic Error Kernel Code Execution · local · 2016-03-23

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.0CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.09.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

  • lists.apple.com /archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/39595/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • support.apple.com /HT206167 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/39741/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1035353 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • lists.apple.com /archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, x_transferred
  • bugs.chromium.org /p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=676 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • support.apple.com /HT206166 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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