Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-1821 - Unspecified vulnerability in Apple mac OS X

047910
CVSS 7.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
apple
nessus
exploit available

Summary

IOAudioFamily in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted app.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
99

Exploit-Db

descriptionOS X Kernel - Exploitable NULL Pointer Dereference in IOAudioEngine. CVE-2016-1821. Dos exploit for osx platform
fileexploits/osx/dos/39926.c
idEDB-ID:39926
last seen2016-06-11
modified2016-06-10
platformosx
port
published2016-06-10
reporterGoogle Security Research
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/39926/
titleOS X Kernel - Exploitable NULL Pointer Dereference in IOAudioEngine
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);