PT-2016-2790 · Apple+1 · Macos X+2

Stephane Chazelas · Published 2016-09-25 · Updated 2017-07-30 · CVE-2016-4748

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple OS X versions prior to 10.12

Description The issue is related to errors in security settings of the Perl component in Mac OS X, allowing a local attacker to bypass the Taint-mode protection mechanism using a specially crafted environment variable.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.12, update to version 10.12 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of environment variables to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-254

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-02193

CVE-2016-4748

Affected Products

Macos X

Os X

Perl

References · 7

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207170 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4748 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4748 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02193 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93055 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036858 · Note