CVE-2016-4701

MEDIUM

Apple Mac OS X < 10.11.6 - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule

Description

Application Firewall in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving a crafted SO_EXECPATH environment variable.

References (4)

[Mailing List] http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html

[Vendor Advisory] https://support.apple.com/HT207170

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93055

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036858

Scores

CVSS v3 6.2

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 19.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Affected Products (2)

apple/mac_os_x < 10.11.6

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Sep 25, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026