Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-7617 - Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast 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
CWE-704
nessus
exploit available

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Bluetooth" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (type confusion) via a crafted app.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
113

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Exploit-Db

  • descriptionApple macOS Sierra 10.12.1 - 'physmem' Local Privilege Escalation. CVE-2016-1825,CVE-2016-7617. Local exploit for macOS platform
    idEDB-ID:44237
    last seen2018-03-03
    modified2017-01-16
    published2017-01-16
    reporterExploit-DB
    sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/44237/
    titleApple macOS Sierra 10.12.1 - 'physmem' Local Privilege Escalation
  • descriptionMacOS Kernel 10.12.1 - Writable Privileged IOKit Registry Properties Code Execution. CVE-2016-7617. Dos exploit for macOS platform. Tags: Denial of Service (...
    fileexploits/macos/dos/40952.c
    idEDB-ID:40952
    last seen2016-12-22
    modified2016-12-22
    platformmacos
    port
    published2016-12-22
    reporterExploit-DB
    sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/40952/
    titleMacOS Kernel 10.12.1 - Writable Privileged IOKit Registry Properties Code Execution
    typedos

Nessus

NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
NASL idMACOS_10_12_2.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is running a version of macOS that is 10.12.x prior to 10.12.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components : - apache_mod_php - AppleGraphicsPowerManagement - Assets - Audio - Bluetooth - CoreCapture - CoreFoundation - CoreGraphics - CoreMedia External Displays - CoreMedia Playback - CoreStorage - CoreText - curl - Directory Services - Disk Images - FontParser - Foundation - Grapher - ICU - ImageIO - Intel Graphics Driver - IOFireWireFamily - IOAcceleratorFamily - IOHIDFamily - IOKit - IOSurface - Kernel - kext tools - libarchive - LibreSSL - OpenLDAP - OpenPAM - OpenSSL - Power Management - Security - syslog - WiFi - xar Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution. Furthermore, CVE-2016-6304, CVE-2016-7596, and CVE-2016-7604 also affect Mac OS X versions 10.10.5 and 10.11.6. However, this plugin does not check those versions.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id95917
published2016-12-16
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95917
titlemacOS 10.12.x < 10.12.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(95917);
  script_version("1.9");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/07");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2016-1777",
    "CVE-2016-1823",
    "CVE-2016-4688",
    "CVE-2016-4691",
    "CVE-2016-4693",
    "CVE-2016-5419",
    "CVE-2016-5420",
    "CVE-2016-5421",
    "CVE-2016-6303",
    "CVE-2016-6304",
    "CVE-2016-7141",
    "CVE-2016-7167",
    "CVE-2016-7411",
    "CVE-2016-7412",
    "CVE-2016-7413",
    "CVE-2016-7414",
    "CVE-2016-7416",
    "CVE-2016-7417",
    "CVE-2016-7418",
    "CVE-2016-7588",
    "CVE-2016-7591",
    "CVE-2016-7594",
    "CVE-2016-7595",
    "CVE-2016-7596",
    "CVE-2016-7600",
    "CVE-2016-7602",
    "CVE-2016-7603",
    "CVE-2016-7604",
    "CVE-2016-7605",
    "CVE-2016-7606",
    "CVE-2016-7607",
    "CVE-2016-7608",
    "CVE-2016-7609",
    "CVE-2016-7612",
    "CVE-2016-7615",
    "CVE-2016-7616",
    "CVE-2016-7617",
    "CVE-2016-7618",
    "CVE-2016-7619",
    "CVE-2016-7620",
    "CVE-2016-7621",
    "CVE-2016-7622",
    "CVE-2016-7624",
    "CVE-2016-7625",
    "CVE-2016-7627",
    "CVE-2016-7628",
    "CVE-2016-7629",
    "CVE-2016-7633",
    "CVE-2016-7636",
    "CVE-2016-7637",
    "CVE-2016-7643",
    "CVE-2016-7644",
    "CVE-2016-7655",
    "CVE-2016-7657",
    "CVE-2016-7658",
    "CVE-2016-7659",
    "CVE-2016-7660",
    "CVE-2016-7661",
    "CVE-2016-7662",
    "CVE-2016-7663",
    "CVE-2016-7714",
    "CVE-2016-7742",
    "CVE-2016-7761",
    "CVE-2016-8615",
    "CVE-2016-8616",
    "CVE-2016-8617",
    "CVE-2016-8618",
    "CVE-2016-8619",
    "CVE-2016-8620",
    "CVE-2016-8621",
    "CVE-2016-8622",
    "CVE-2016-8623",
    "CVE-2016-8624",
    "CVE-2016-8625"
  );
  script_bugtraq_id(
    85054,
    90698,
    92292,
    92306,
    92309,
    92754,
    92975,
    92984,
    93004,
    93005,
    93006,
    93007,
    93008,
    93009,
    93011,
    93150,
    94094,
    94096,
    94097,
    94098,
    94100,
    94101,
    94102,
    94103,
    94105,
    94106,
    94107,
    94572,
    94903,
    94904,
    94905,
    94906
  );
  script_xref(name:"APPLE-SA", value:"APPLE-SA-2016-12-13-1");

  script_name(english:"macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the version of 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 macOS that is 10.12.x prior to
10.12.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the
following components :

  - apache_mod_php
  - AppleGraphicsPowerManagement
  - Assets
  - Audio
  - Bluetooth
  - CoreCapture
  - CoreFoundation
  - CoreGraphics
  - CoreMedia External Displays
  - CoreMedia Playback
  - CoreStorage
  - CoreText
  - curl
  - Directory Services
  - Disk Images
  - FontParser
  - Foundation
  - Grapher
  - ICU
  - ImageIO
  - Intel Graphics Driver
  - IOFireWireFamily
  - IOAcceleratorFamily
  - IOHIDFamily
  - IOKit
  - IOSurface
  - Kernel
  - kext tools
  - libarchive
  - LibreSSL
  - OpenLDAP
  - OpenPAM
  - OpenSSL
  - Power Management
  - Security
  - syslog
  - WiFi
  - xar

Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can
result in arbitrary code execution.

Furthermore, CVE-2016-6304, CVE-2016-7596, and CVE-2016-7604 also
affect Mac OS X versions 10.10.5 and 10.11.6. However, this plugin
does not check those versions.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207423");
  # http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Dec/msg00003.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?38dabd46");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to macOS version 10.12.2 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:H/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:H/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-7644");

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

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/03/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/12/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/12/16");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
  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) 2016-2020 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("vcf.inc");
include("vcf_extras_apple.inc");

app_info = vcf::apple::get_macos_info();

vcf::apple::check_macos_restrictions(restrictions:['10.12']);

constraints = [{ "fixed_version" : "10.12.2" }];

vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);