PT-2016-2020 · Apple · Os X

Heige + 1 · Published 2016-05-20 · Updated 2016-12-01 · CVE-2016-1843

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OS X versions prior to 10.11.5

Description The issue is related to the Messages component mishandling filename encoding, allowing remote attackers to obtain sensitive information. The exploitation of this issue can lead to unauthorized access to confidential data.

Recommendations For OS X versions prior to 10.11.5, update to version 10.11.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01354

CVE-2016-1843

Affected Products

Os X

References · 7

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1843 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1843 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT206567 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01354 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/90696 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035895 · Note