CVE-2016-4645
low
CVSS v3
3.3
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
3.3
Description
CFNetwork in Apple OS X before 10.11.6 uses weak permissions for web-browser cookies, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
34%
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
macOS Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91824
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348
- https://support.apple.com/HT206903
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91824
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348
- https://support.apple.com/HT206903
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.