Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-4670 - Credentials Management vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS and mac OS X

047910
CVSS 2.1 - LOW
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
local
low complexity
apple
CWE-255
nessus

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.1 is affected. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. The issue involves the "Security" component. It allows local users to discover lengths of arbitrary passwords by reading a log.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
248

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
NASL idMACOS_10_12_1.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is running a version of Mac OS X that is 10.12.x prior to macOS 10.12.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components : - ATS - AppleMobileFileIntegrity - AppleSMC - CFNetwork Proxies - CoreGraphics - FaceTime - FontParser - IDS - Connectivity - Kernel - libarchive - libxpc - ntfs - Security - Thunderbolt Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id94253
published2016-10-25
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94253
titlemacOS 10.12.x < 10.12.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(94253);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/14");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2016-4660",
    "CVE-2016-4661",
    "CVE-2016-4667",
    "CVE-2016-4669",
    "CVE-2016-4670",
    "CVE-2016-4673",
    "CVE-2016-4674",
    "CVE-2016-4675",
    "CVE-2016-4678",
    "CVE-2016-4679",
    "CVE-2016-4688",
    "CVE-2016-4721",
    "CVE-2016-4780",
    "CVE-2016-7577",
    "CVE-2016-7579",
    "CVE-2016-7584",
    "CVE-2016-7613"
  );
  script_bugtraq_id(
    93849,
    93852,
    93856,
    94116,
    94429,
    94433,
    94571,
    94572,
    96332
  );
  script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"APPLE-SA-2016-10-24-2");

  script_name(english:"macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Mac OS X / macOS.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host is missing a macOS update that fixes multiple security
vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X that is 10.12.x
prior to macOS 10.12.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - ATS
  - AppleMobileFileIntegrity
  - AppleSMC
  - CFNetwork Proxies
  - CoreGraphics
  - FaceTime
  - FontParser
  - IDS - Connectivity
  - Kernel
  - libarchive
  - libxpc
  - ntfs
  - Security
  - Thunderbolt

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/HT207275");
  # http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Oct/msg00001.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?d9a074e5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to macOS version 10.12.1 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-2016-7613");

  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:"2016/10/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/10/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/10/25");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:apple:macos");
  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, "macOS / Mac OS X");

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

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

version = matches[1];
if (version !~ "^10\.12($|[^0-9])")
  audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, "macOS / Mac OS X", version);

fixed_version = "10.12.1";
if (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed_version, strict:FALSE) == -1)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port:0,
    severity:SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra:
      '\n  Installed version : ' + version +
      '\n  Fixed version     : ' + fixed_version +
      '\n'
  );
}
else audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, "macOS / Mac OS X", version);