Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-7621 - Use After Free vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS and Watchos
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. watchOS before 3.1.3 is affected. The issue involves the "Kernel" component. It allows local users to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Exploit-Db
description | MacOS < 10.12.2 / iOS < 10.2 Kernel - _kernelrpc_mach_port_insert_right_trap Reference Count Leak / Use-After-Free. CVE-2016-7621. Local exploit for ma... |
file | exploits/macos/local/40956.c |
id | EDB-ID:40956 |
last seen | 2016-12-22 |
modified | 2016-12-22 |
platform | macos |
port | |
published | 2016-12-22 |
reporter | Exploit-DB |
source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/40956/ |
title | MacOS < 10.12.2 / iOS < 10.2 Kernel - _kernelrpc_mach_port_insert_right_trap Reference Count Leak / Use-After-Free |
type | local |
Nessus
NASL family | MacOS X Local Security Checks |
NASL id | MACOS_10_12_2.NASL |
description | 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. |
last seen | 2020-06-01 |
modified | 2020-06-02 |
plugin id | 95917 |
published | 2016-12-16 |
reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. |
source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95917 |
title | macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities |
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References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94905
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94905
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037469
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037469
- https://support.apple.com/HT207422
- https://support.apple.com/HT207422
- https://support.apple.com/HT207423
- https://support.apple.com/HT207423
- https://support.apple.com/HT207487
- https://support.apple.com/HT207487
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40956/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40956/