CVE-2016-4679

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.1 is affected. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. tvOS before 10.0.1 is affected. watchOS before 3.1 is affected. The issue involves the "libarchive" component, which allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive containing a symlink.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-4679
  • Assigner
  • product-security@apple.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-20T08:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-03-22T19:56:29
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 10.1
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 10.12.1
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 10.0.1
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.1
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://support.apple.com/HT207275 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207271 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207270 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207269 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93849 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037086 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4679
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4679
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:46:01 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:04:36 2017-02-20T08:59Z 2017-02-20T08:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 14:04:36 2019-03-22T19:56:29 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 14:04:36 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated