7.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-7633
Apple Directory Services Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Directory Services" component. It allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via unspecified vectors.

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Published Date :

Feb. 20, 2017, 8:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:58 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-7633 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-7633 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
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-7633.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94903 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037469
https://support.apple.com/HT207423 Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40954/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94903 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037469
https://support.apple.com/HT207423 Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40954/

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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ExploitsJB/async_wake_ios

iOS 11.0 - 11.1.2 tfp0 & kernel debugger

Objective-C C

Updated: 6 years, 4 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 27, 2018, 5:43 p.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.
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blacktop/async_wake

iOS 11.1.2 kernel exploit and PoC local kernel debugger by @i41nbeer

Objective-C C

Updated: 4 months, 4 weeks ago
3 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Feb. 19, 2018, 3:12 a.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.
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Jailbreaks/async_wake_ios

Get tfp0 on all 64-bit devices plus an initial PoC local kernel debugger

Objective-C C

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
11 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : Dec. 11, 2017, 4:26 p.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.
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Jailbreaks/iosurface_uaf-ios

None

Objective-C C

Updated: 3 years, 1 month ago
6 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Dec. 11, 2017, 4:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-7633 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-7633 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
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40954/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 27, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037469 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 22, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94903 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94903 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT207423 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT207423 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 21, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94903 [No Types Assigned]
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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-7633 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-7633 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.04 }} 0.00%

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0.00501

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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