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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2016-4771

Severity Medium
Score 5.5/10

Summary

The kernel in Apple iOS before 10 and OS X before 10.12 allows local users to bypass intended file-access restrictions via a crafted directory pathname.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published