CVE-2016-7633
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Directory Services" component. It allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via unspecified vectors.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
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.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| macos | affected | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94903
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037469
- https://support.apple.com/HT207423
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40954/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94903
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037469
- https://support.apple.com/HT207423
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40954/
CWEs
CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.