CVE-2016-8661
CVSS V2 High 7.2
CVSS V3 High 8.4
Description
Little Snitch version 3.0 through 3.6.1 suffer from a buffer overflow vulnerability that could be locally exploited which could lead to an escalation of privileges (EoP) and unauthorised ring0 access to the operating system. The buffer overflow is related to insufficient checking of parameters to the "OSMalloc" and "copyin" kernel API calls.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-8661
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2016-11-15T15:59:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2020-11-09T03:03:45
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:obdev:little_snitch:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
cpe:2.3:a:obdev:little_snitch:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
cpe:2.3:a:obdev:little_snitch:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
cpe:2.3:a:obdev:little_snitch:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
cpe:2.3:a:obdev:little_snitch:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
cpe:2.3:a:obdev:little_snitch:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
cpe:2.3:a:obdev:little_snitch:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
cpe:2.3:a:obdev:little_snitch:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
cpe:2.3:a:obdev:little_snitch:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
cpe:2.3:a:obdev:little_snitch:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
cpe:2.3:a:obdev:little_snitch:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
cpe:2.3:a:obdev:little_snitch:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
cpe:2.3:a:obdev:little_snitch:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
cpe:2.3:a:obdev:little_snitch:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
cpe:2.3:a:obdev:little_snitch:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
cpe:2.3:a:obdev:little_snitch:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
cpe:2.3:a:obdev:little_snitch:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
cpe:2.3:a:obdev:little_snitch:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
cpe:2.3:a:obdev:little_snitch:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
cpe:2.3:a:obdev:little_snitch:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
cpe:2.3:a:obdev:little_snitch:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access Vector
- LOCAL
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- COMPLETE
- Integrity Impact
- COMPLETE
- Availability Impact
- COMPLETE
- Base Score
- 7.2
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 10
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 8.4
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 2.5
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
Reference URL | Reference Tags |
---|---|
https://speakerdeck.com/patrickwardle/defcon-2016-i-got-99-problems-but-little-snitch-aint-one | Technical Description |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94352 |
Sources
Source Name | Source URL |
---|---|
NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8661 |
MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8661 |
History
Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022-05-10 16:20:53 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
2022-12-02 12:05:25 | 2016-11-15T15:59Z | 2016-11-15T15:59:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
2022-12-02 12:05:25 | 2020-11-09T03:03:45 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
2022-12-02 12:05:25 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |