THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-4606
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2016-4606

Curl vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
Curl before 7.49.1 in Apple OS X before macOS Sierra prior to 10.12 allows remote or local attackers to execute arbitrary code, gain sensitive information, cause denial-of-service conditions, bypass security restrictions, and perform unauthorized actions. This may aid in other attacks.
Affected vendor
Haxx
Affected product
Curl
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2020-02-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-4606

  • Confirm whether Haxx Curl is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-4606.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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