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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVE-2016-7628

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Assets" component, which allows local users to bypass intended permission restrictions and change a downloaded mobile asset via unspecified vectors.

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

CWE-264 - Permissions Privileges and Access Controls

CWE 264 (permissions, privileges, and access controls) is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features used to perform access control. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category allow attackers to gain privileges for an unintended sphere of control, access sensitive information, and execute arbitrary commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published