7.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-1720
Apple IOKit Privilege Escalation Memory Corruption
Description

IOKit in Apple iOS before 9.2.1, OS X before 10.11.3, and tvOS before 9.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 1, 2016, 11:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

March 22, 2019, 7:34 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-1720 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple mac_os_x
2 Apple iphone_os
3 Apple tvos
4 Apple watchos
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-1720 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-1720 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00005.html Vendor Advisory http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00005.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00003.html Vendor Advisory http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00003.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034736 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034736 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39367/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39367/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135435/IOKit-Methods-Being-Called-Without-Locks-From-IOServiceClose.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135435/IOKit-Methods-Being-Called-Without-Locks-From-IOServiceClose.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00002.html Vendor Advisory http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00002.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Removed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.1
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 10.11.2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.11.3
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 9.1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.1.1
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 9.2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.2.1
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.2
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:apple_tv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 10, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034736 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 06, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135435/IOKit-Methods-Being-Called-Without-Locks-From-IOServiceClose.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39367/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 29, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:apple_tv:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:apple_tv:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT206168 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT206168 Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 25, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT206168
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 01, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:apple_tv:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00005.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00005.html Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00003.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00003.html Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT205729 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT205729 Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT205732 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT205732 Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=597 No Types Assigned https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=597 Exploit
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT205731 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT205731 Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00002.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00002.html Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 01, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.10753

percentile

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