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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Exploit-DB 1
- Apple Intel HD 3000 Graphics Driver 10.0.0 - Local Privilege Escalation EDB-39675 · local · Apr 8, 2016
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5 vendor-advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT206167
- 39675 exploit
- 1035363 vdb-entry