THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-1861
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-1861

Mac Os X vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
4.4%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
The NVIDIA Graphics Drivers subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1846.
Affected vendor
Apple
Affected product
Mac Os X
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2016-06-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low 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 4.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-1861

  • Confirm whether Apple Mac Os X is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-1861.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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