An issue was discovered in certain Apple products.

Published 9 y ago 2017-02-20 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.8

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.1%

percentile 66%

Public exploits

Exploit-DB

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Power Management" component. It allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to Mach port name references.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.11% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

EDB-40958 Apple macOS 10.12.1 / iOS < 10.2 - powerd Arbitrary Port Replacement · dos · 2016-12-22
EDB-40931 Apple macOS 10.12 16A323 XNU Kernel / iOS 10.1.1 - 'set_dp_control_port' Lack of Locking Use-After-Free · local · 2016-12-16

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	7.2	`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`

Classification

Weakness

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

securityfocus.com /bid/94906 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
exploit-db.com /exploits/40931/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
support.apple.com /HT207422 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
securitytracker.com /id/1037469 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
exploit-db.com /exploits/40958/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
support.apple.com /HT207423 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2016-7661
NVD: CVE-2016-7661

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