CVE-2016-1718

Apple OS X IOAcceleratorFamily2 Out-Of-Bounds Indexing Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity Score

7.3

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The IOAcceleratorFamily2 interface in IOAcceleratorFamily in Apple OS X before 10.11.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

La interfaz IOAcceleratorFamily2 en IOAcceleratorFamily en Apple OS X en versiones anteriores a 10.11.3 permite a usuarios locales obtener privilegios o causar una denegación de servicio (corrupción de memoria) a través de vectores no especificados.

This vulnerability allows local attackers to elevate privileges on vulnerable installations of Apple OS X. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within the IOAcceleratorFamily2 interface. The issue lies in the failure to properly test a user-supplied index to ensure it is within the bounds of an array. An attacker can leverage this to escalate their privileges and execute code under the context of the kernel.

*Credits: Juwei Lin - Trend Micro

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-01-13 CVE Reserved
2016-01-20 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-10-08 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034736	Vdb Entry
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-020	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00003.html	2017-09-10
https://support.apple.com/HT205731	2017-09-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				<= 10.11.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version " <= 10.11.2"		-		Affected