CVE-2016-4701

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 6.2

Description

Application Firewall in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving a crafted SO_EXECPATH environment variable.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-4701

Assigner
product-security@apple.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2016-09-25T10:59:09

Last Modified Date
2017-07-30T01:29:04

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::	1	OR		10.11.6

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
2.1

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
6.2

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
2.5

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://support.apple.com/HT207170	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93055
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036858

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4701
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4701

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:10:58				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:18:36	2016-09-25T10:59Z	2016-09-25T10:59:09	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 11:18:36		2017-07-30T01:29:04	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 11:18:36		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated