PT-2017-1373 · Apple · Apple Macos

Brandon Azad · Published 2017-02-20 · Updated 2017-07-27 · CVE-2016-7608

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 10.12.2

Description The issue is related to the IOFireWireFamily component in Mac OS X, which lacks protection of service data. This allows a local attacker to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory using unspecified vectors. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not provided. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 10.12.2, update to version 10.12.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the IOFireWireFamily component to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00511

CVE-2016-7608

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 8

• 🔥 https://github.com/bazad/IOFireWireFamily-overflow · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/44235 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7608 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7608 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207423 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00511 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94903 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037469 · Note