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CVE-2016-7661

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Power Management" component. It allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to Mach port name references.

Published

2017-02-20T08:59:04.230

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	apple	iphone_os	≤ 10.1.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	≤ 10.12.1	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94906 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037469 ([email protected])
https://support.apple.com/HT207422 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://support.apple.com/HT207423 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40931/ ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40958/ ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94906 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037469 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.apple.com/HT207422 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.apple.com/HT207423 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40931/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40958/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)