Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-1807 - Race Condition vulnerability in Apple products

047910
CVSS 5.1 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
local
high complexity
apple
CWE-362
nessus
exploit available
NVD
Published: 2016-05-20
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

Race condition in the Disk Images subsystem in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS before 9.2.1, and watchOS before 2.2.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
300

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Leveraging Race Conditions
    This attack targets a race condition occurring when multiple processes access and manipulate the same resource concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place. The attacker can leverage a race condition by "running the race", modifying the resource and modifying the normal execution flow. For instance a race condition can occur while accessing a file, the attacker can trick the system by replacing the original file with his version and cause the system to read the malicious file.
  • Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions
    This attack targets a race condition occurring between the time of check (state) for a resource and the time of use of a resource. The typical example is the file access. The attacker can leverage a file access race condition by "running the race", meaning that he would modify the resource between the first time the target program accesses the file and the time the target program uses the file. During that period of time, the attacker could do something such as replace the file and cause an escalation of privilege.

Exploit-Db

descriptionOS X/iOS Kernel - UAF Racing getProperty on IOHDIXController and testNetBootMethod on IOHDIXControllerUserClient. CVE-2016-1807. Dos exploits for multiple pl...
fileexploits/multiple/dos/39929.c
idEDB-ID:39929
last seen2016-06-11
modified2016-06-10
platformmultiple
port
published2016-06-10
reporterGoogle Security Research
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/39929/
titleOS X/iOS Kernel - UAF Racing getProperty on IOHDIXController and testNetBootMethod on IOHDIXControllerUserClient
typedos

Nessus

  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_10_11_5.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is running a version of Mac OS X that is 10.11.x prior to 10.11.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components : - AMD - apache_mod_php - AppleGraphicsControl - AppleGraphicsPowerManagement - Assistant - ATS - Audio - Captive - CFNetwork - CommonCrypto - CoreCapture - CoreStorage - Crash - Disk - Disk - Driver - Drivers - Drivers - Graphics - Graphics - Graphics - ImageIO - Images - Intel - IOAcceleratorFamily - IOAudioFamily - IOFireWireFamily - IOHIDFamily - Kernel - libc - libxml2 - libxslt - Lock - MapKit - Messages - Multi-Touch - Network - NVIDIA - OpenGL - Proxies - QuickTime - Reporter - SceneKit - Screen - Tcl - Utility Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id91228
    published2016-05-19
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91228
    titleMac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(91228);
  script_version("1.10");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/19");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2016-1792",
    "CVE-2016-1793",
    "CVE-2016-1794",
    "CVE-2016-1795",
    "CVE-2016-1796",
    "CVE-2016-1797",
    "CVE-2016-1798",
    "CVE-2016-1799",
    "CVE-2016-1801",
    "CVE-2016-1802",
    "CVE-2016-1803",
    "CVE-2016-1804",
    "CVE-2016-1805",
    "CVE-2016-1806",
    "CVE-2016-1807",
    "CVE-2016-1808",
    "CVE-2016-1809",
    "CVE-2016-1810",
    "CVE-2016-1811",
    "CVE-2016-1812",
    "CVE-2016-1813",
    "CVE-2016-1814",
    "CVE-2016-1815",
    "CVE-2016-1816",
    "CVE-2016-1817",
    "CVE-2016-1818",
    "CVE-2016-1819",
    "CVE-2016-1820",
    "CVE-2016-1821",
    "CVE-2016-1822",
    "CVE-2016-1823",
    "CVE-2016-1824",
    "CVE-2016-1825",
    "CVE-2016-1826",
    "CVE-2016-1827",
    "CVE-2016-1828",
    "CVE-2016-1829",
    "CVE-2016-1830",
    "CVE-2016-1831",
    "CVE-2016-1832",
    "CVE-2016-1833",
    "CVE-2016-1834",
    "CVE-2016-1835",
    "CVE-2016-1836",
    "CVE-2016-1837",
    "CVE-2016-1838",
    "CVE-2016-1839",
    "CVE-2016-1840",
    "CVE-2016-1842",
    "CVE-2016-1843",
    "CVE-2016-1844",
    "CVE-2016-1846",
    "CVE-2016-1848",
    "CVE-2016-1850",
    "CVE-2016-1851",
    "CVE-2016-1853",
    "CVE-2016-1861",
    "CVE-2016-3141",
    "CVE-2016-3142",
    "CVE-2016-4070",
    "CVE-2016-4071",
    "CVE-2016-4072",
    "CVE-2016-4073",
    "CVE-2016-4650"
  );
  script_bugtraq_id(
    84271,
    84306,
    85800,
    85801,
    85991,
    85993,
    90692,
    90694,
    90696,
    90697,
    90698,
    90801,
    91353,
    92034
  );
  script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-4");

  script_name(english:"Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Mac OS X.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X that is 10.11.x prior
to 10.11.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in
the following components :

  - AMD
  - apache_mod_php
  - AppleGraphicsControl
  - AppleGraphicsPowerManagement
  - Assistant
  - ATS
  - Audio
  - Captive
  - CFNetwork
  - CommonCrypto
  - CoreCapture
  - CoreStorage
  - Crash
  - Disk
  - Disk
  - Driver
  - Drivers
  - Drivers
  - Graphics
  - Graphics
  - Graphics
  - ImageIO
  - Images
  - Intel
  - IOAcceleratorFamily
  - IOAudioFamily
  - IOFireWireFamily
  - IOHIDFamily
  - Kernel
  - libc
  - libxml2
  - libxslt
  - Lock
  - MapKit
  - Messages
  - Multi-Touch
  - Network
  - NVIDIA
  - OpenGL
  - Proxies
  - QuickTime
  - Reporter
  - SceneKit
  - Screen
  - Tcl
  - Utility

Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can
result in arbitrary code execution.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206567");
  # http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?46de3fda");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mac OS X version 10.11.5 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-4650");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/05/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/05/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/05/19");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "os_fingerprint.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Host/MacOSX/Version", "Host/OS");

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

os = get_kb_item("Host/MacOSX/Version");
if (!os)
{
  os = get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/OS");
  if ("Mac OS X" >!< os)
    audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mac OS X");

  c = get_kb_item("Host/OS/Confidence");
  if (c <= 70)
    exit(1, "Cannot determine the host's OS with sufficient confidence.");
}
if (!os)
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mac OS X");

match = eregmatch(pattern:"Mac OS X ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+)", string:os);
if (isnull(match)) exit(1, "Failed to parse the Mac OS X version ('" + os + "').");

version = match[1];

if (
  version !~ "^10\.11([^0-9]|$)"
) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mac OS X 10.11 or later", "Mac OS X "+version);

fix = "10.11.5";
if (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fix, strict:FALSE) == -1)
{
  items = make_array("Installed version", version,
                     "Fixed version", fix
                    );
  order = make_list("Installed version", "Fixed version");
  report = report_items_str(report_items:items, ordered_fields:order);

  security_report_v4(port:0, extra:report, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
  exit(0);

 }
else
  audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, "Mac OS X", version);
  • NASL familyMisc.
    NASL idAPPLETV_9_2_1.NASL
    descriptionAccording to its banner, the version of the remote Apple TV device is prior to 9.2.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components : - CFNetwork Proxies - CommonCrypto - CoreCapture - Disk Images - ImageIO - IOAcceleratorFamily - IOHIDFamily - Kernel - libc - libxml2 - libxslt - OpenGL - WebKit - WebKit Canvas Note that only 4th generation models are affected by the vulnerabilities.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id91311
    published2016-05-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91311
    titleApple TV < 9.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(91311);
  script_version("1.9");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/14");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2016-1801",
    "CVE-2016-1802",
    "CVE-2016-1803",
    "CVE-2016-1807",
    "CVE-2016-1808",
    "CVE-2016-1811",
    "CVE-2016-1813",
    "CVE-2016-1814",
    "CVE-2016-1817",
    "CVE-2016-1818",
    "CVE-2016-1819",
    "CVE-2016-1823",
    "CVE-2016-1824",
    "CVE-2016-1827",
    "CVE-2016-1828",
    "CVE-2016-1829",
    "CVE-2016-1830",
    "CVE-2016-1832",
    "CVE-2016-1833",
    "CVE-2016-1834",
    "CVE-2016-1836",
    "CVE-2016-1837",
    "CVE-2016-1838",
    "CVE-2016-1839",
    "CVE-2016-1840",
    "CVE-2016-1841",
    "CVE-2016-1847",
    "CVE-2016-1854",
    "CVE-2016-1855",
    "CVE-2016-1856",
    "CVE-2016-1857",
    "CVE-2016-1858",
    "CVE-2016-1859",
    "CVE-2016-4650"
  );
  script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-1");

  script_name(english:"Apple TV < 9.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the build number.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote device is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its banner, the version of the remote Apple TV device is
prior to 9.2.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities
in the following components :

  - CFNetwork Proxies
  - CommonCrypto
  - CoreCapture
  - Disk Images
  - ImageIO
  - IOAcceleratorFamily
  - IOHIDFamily
  - Kernel
  - libc
  - libxml2
  - libxslt
  - OpenGL
  - WebKit
  - WebKit Canvas

Note that only 4th generation models are affected by the
vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206564");
  # https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00001.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?618f77f3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Apple TV version 9.2.1 or later. Note that this update is
only available for 4th generation models.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-4650");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/05/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/05/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/05/24");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:apple:apple_tv");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("appletv_version.nasl");
  script_require_keys("AppleTV/Version", "AppleTV/Model", "AppleTV/URL", "AppleTV/Port");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 7000);

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("appletv_func.inc");

url = get_kb_item('AppleTV/URL');
if (empty_or_null(url)) exit(0, 'Cannot determine Apple TV URL.');
port = get_kb_item('AppleTV/Port');
if (empty_or_null(port)) exit(0, 'Cannot determine Apple TV port.');

build = get_kb_item('AppleTV/Version');
if (empty_or_null(build)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_DEVICE_VER, 'Apple TV');

model = get_kb_item('AppleTV/Model');
if (empty_or_null(model)) exit(0, 'Cannot determine Apple TV model.');

fixed_build = "13Y772";
tvos_ver = '9.2.1';

# determine gen from the model
gen = APPLETV_MODEL_GEN[model];

appletv_check_version(
  build          : build,
  fix            : fixed_build,
  affected_gen   : 4,
  fix_tvos_ver   : tvos_ver,
  model          : model,
  gen            : gen,
  port           : port,
  url            : url,
  severity       : SECURITY_HOLE
);

References