Vulnerability CVE-2016-1743


Published: 2016-03-23   Modified: 2016-03-24

Description:
The Intel driver in the Graphics Drivers subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.11.4 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-2016-1744.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Apple Intel HD 3000 Graphics Driver 10.0.0 Privilege Escalation
Piotr Bania, Cis...
11.04.2016

Type:

CWE-264

(Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Apple -> Mac os x 

 References:
https://support.apple.com/HT206167
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html

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