VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-1770

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Published 2016-03-24 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.5

Description

The Reminders component in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 allows attackers to bypass an intended user-confirmation requirement and trigger a dialing action via a tel: URL.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
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/HT206167

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-284

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