CVE-2016-4678

CVSS V2 Medium 4.6 CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. The issue involves the "AppleSMC" component. It allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-4678

Assigner
product-security@apple.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2017-02-20T08:59:00

Last Modified Date
2017-07-29T01:34:08

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-476	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::	1	OR		10.12.0

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.6

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://support.apple.com/HT207275	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93852	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037086

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4678
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4678

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:11:26				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:04:33	2017-02-20T08:59Z	2017-02-20T08:59:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 14:04:33		2017-07-29T01:34:08	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 14:04:33		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated