Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-4748 - 7PK - Security Features vulnerability in Apple mac OS X

CVSS 5.3 - MEDIUM

Attack vector

LOCAL

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

LOW

Confidentiality impact

LOW

Integrity impact

LOW

Availability impact

LOW

local

low complexity

apple

CWE-254

nessus

NVD

Published: 2016-09-25

Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

Perl in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows local users to bypass the taint-mode protection mechanism via a crafted environment variable.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
OS	Apple Apple MAC OS X - Apple MAC OS X 10.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.0.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.0.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.0.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.0.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.0.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.1.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.1.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.1.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.1.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.1.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.1.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.2.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.2.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.2.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.2.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.2.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.2.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.2.6 Apple MAC OS X 10.2.7 Apple MAC OS X 10.2.8 Apple MAC OS X 10.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.3.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.3.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.3.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.3.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.3.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.3.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.3.6 Apple MAC OS X 10.3.7 Apple MAC OS X 10.3.8 Apple MAC OS X 10.3.9 Apple MAC OS X 10.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.6 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.7 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.8 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.9 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.10 Apple MAC OS X 10.4.11 Apple MAC OS X 10.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.5.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.5.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.5.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.5.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.5.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.5.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.5.6 Apple MAC OS X 10.5.7 Apple MAC OS X 10.5.8 Apple MAC OS X 10.6.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.6.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.6.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.6.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.6.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.6.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.6.6 Apple MAC OS X 10.6.7 Apple MAC OS X 10.6.8 Apple MAC OS X 10.7.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.7.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.7.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.7.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.7.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.7.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.8.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.8.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.8.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.8.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.8.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.8.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.9 Apple MAC OS X 10.9.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.9.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.9.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.9.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.9.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.10.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.10.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.10.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.10.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.10.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.10.5 Apple MAC OS X 10.11.0 Apple MAC OS X 10.11.1 Apple MAC OS X 10.11.2 Apple MAC OS X 10.11.3 Apple MAC OS X 10.11.4 Apple MAC OS X 10.11.5	100

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-254 - 7PK - Security Features

Nessus

NASL family	MacOS X Local Security Checks
NASL id	MACOS_10_12.NASL
description	The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X that is prior to 10.10.5, 10.11.x prior to 10.11.6, or is not macOS 10.12. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components : - apache - apache_mod_php - Apple HSSPI Support - AppleEFIRuntime - AppleMobileFileIntegrity - AppleUCC - Application Firewall - ATS - Audio - Bluetooth - cd9660 - CFNetwork - CommonCrypto - CoreCrypto - CoreDisplay - curl - Date & Time Pref Pane - DiskArbitration - File Bookmark - FontParser - IDS - Connectivity - ImageIO - Intel Graphics Driver - IOAcceleratorFamily - IOThunderboltFamily - Kerberos v5 PAM module - Kernel - libarchive - libxml2 - libxpc - libxslt - mDNSResponder - NSSecureTextField - Perl - S2 Camera - Security - Terminal - WindowServer Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.
last seen	2020-06-01
modified	2020-06-02
plugin id	93685
published	2016-09-23
reporter	This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
source	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/93685
title	macOS < 10.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Summary

Vulnerable Configurations

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

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