{"id":"CVE-2016-1766","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-1766","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:50:48.387Z","title":"The Profiles component in Apple iOS before 9.3 does not properly validate certificates, which allows attackers to spoof an MDM profile trust relationship via unspecified vectors.","description":"The Profiles component in Apple iOS before 9.3 does not properly validate certificates, which allows attackers to spoof an MDM profile trust relationship via unspecified vectors.","published":"2016-03-24T01:59:35.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:42:35.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"product-security@apple.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["apple/iphone os"],"epss":{"score":0.01011,"percentile":0.62913,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.01%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353","source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-314","source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT206166","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-314","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT206166","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1766","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}