VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-4638
Login Window in Apple OS X before 10.11.6 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted app that leverages a "type confusion."
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.03%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.03%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Login Window in Apple OS X before 10.11.6 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted app that leverages a "type confusion."
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.03% probability · 62th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- apple/mac os x
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91824
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348
- https://support.apple.com/HT206903Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91824
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348
- https://support.apple.com/HT206903Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.