PT-2016-2074 · Apple · Os X

Daybreaker · Published 2016-05-20 · Updated 2016-12-01 · CVE-2016-1791

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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

Description The issue is related to the AMD subsystem in the operating system, which lacks protection of internal data. This can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted application to access protected information in the kernel memory. The exploitation allows attackers to obtain sensitive kernel memory-layout information.

Recommendations For Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.5, update to version 10.11.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to sensitive kernel memory-layout information until a patch is applied.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01425

CVE-2016-1791

Affected Products

Os X

References · 7

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206567 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1791 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1791 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01425 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/90696 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035895 · Note