CVE-2016-1757

high

Published 2016-03-24 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.0

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.0

Description

Race condition in the kernel in Apple iOS before 9.3 and OS X before 10.11.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

69%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-39595 local multiple verified

Google Security Research · 2016-03-23

Apple Mac OSX / iOS - SUID Binary Logic Error Kernel Code Execution

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-39741 local osx

fG! · 2016-04-27

Mach Race OSX - Local Privilege Escalation

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
macos		affected

References

CWEs

CWE-362

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.