THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-1757
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-1757

Iphone Os vulnerability

CVSS
7.0
EPSS
12.7%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Race condition in the kernel in Apple iOS before 9.3 and OS X before 10.11.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.
Affected vendor
Apple
Affected product
Iphone Os
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2016-03-24

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 12.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-1757

  • Confirm whether Apple Iphone Os is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-1757.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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