CVE-2016-4670 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.1 is affected. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. The issue involves the "Security" component. It allows local users to discover lengths of arbitrary passwords by reading a log.

Published: 2017-02-20

Score: 3.3 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-5655	An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.1 is affected. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. The issue involves the "Security" component. It allows local users to discover lengths of arbitrary passwords by reading a log.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0006.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94433
https://support.apple.com/HT207271
https://support.apple.com/HT207275

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Iphone Os Mac Os X

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2017-02-20T08:35:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:39:25.951Z

Reserved: 2016-05-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4670

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-20T08:59:00.540

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-4670

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-255

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