CVE-2016-7633 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Directory Services" component. It allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2017-02-20

Score: 7.8 High

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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-8483	An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Directory Services" component. It allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00171.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94903
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037469
https://support.apple.com/HT207423
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40954/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

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

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:04:55.646Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7633

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-20T08:59:03.183

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

Link: CVE-2016-7633

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-416

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