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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-4617

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12 is affected.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.30%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12 is affected. The issue involves a sandbox escape related to launchctl process spawning in the "libxpc" component.

CVSS 3.0
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.30% probability · 22th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-264
Affected
apple/mac os x
Source
product-security@apple.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.