CVE-2016-4698 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple	Iphone Os Mac Os X

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93056
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036858
https://support.apple.com/HT207143
https://support.apple.com/HT207170

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2016-09-25T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:39:26.045Z

Reserved: 2016-05-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4698

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-09-25T10:59:06.967

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-4698

Redhat

No data.

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