CVE-2016-1774
medium
CVSS v3
5.3
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.3
Description
The Time Machine server in Server App in Apple OS X Server before 5.1 does not notify the user about ignored permissions during a backup, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information in opportunistic circumstances by reading backup data that lacks intended restrictions.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
63%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00006.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85054
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035342
- https://support.apple.com/HT206173
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00006.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85054
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035342
- https://support.apple.com/HT206173
CWEs
CWE-284
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.