VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-1760

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Published 2016-03-29 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
6.2
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
6.2

Description

The XPC Services API in LaunchServices in Apple iOS before 9.3 allows attackers to bypass intended event-handler restrictions and modify an arbitrary app's events via a crafted app.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
62%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT206166

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-284

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