VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-4781

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Published 2017-02-20 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
4.6
VIR risk
6.8

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. The issue involves the "SpringBoard" component, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the passcode attempt counter and unlock a device via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
67%
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/HT207422

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-254

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