PT-2016-6085 · Apple · Os X+1

Pedro Vilaça · Published 2016-09-25 · Updated 2017-07-30 · CVE-2016-4698

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple iOS versions prior to 10 Apple OS X versions prior to 10.12

Description The issue concerns the mishandling of process entitlement and Team ID values in the task port inheritance policy by AppleMobileFileIntegrity. This allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.

Recommendations For Apple iOS versions prior to 10, update to version 10 or later. For Apple OS X versions prior to 10.12, update to version 10.12 or later.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-4698

Affected Products

Os X

Ios

References · 8

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207143 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4698 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT207170 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4698 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036858 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93056 · Note