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7PK - Security Features

CVE-2016-4721

Medium
5.9/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.1 is affected. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. The issue involves the "IDS - Connectivity" component, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof calls via a "switch caller" notification.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-254 - Security Features

Security features are integrated into the application infrastructure to protect its resources and the trusted environment against a known exploit, threat, or vulnerability. However, flawed, disabled, or absent security features expose the application to a variety of attacks. This is a multidimensional vulnerability with broad potential impact. It can lead to defacement, confidentiality compromise, system takeover, etc.

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  • Published