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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2016-1825 EUVD-2016-2920GHSA-8qx9-2rg2-79q2

IOHIDFamily in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (m…

Published May 20, 2016 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by apple

Description

IOHIDFamily 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.

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.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

GitHub 1 repository

  • bazad/physmem ★ 66 · Dec 25, 2016

    Local privilege escalation through macOS 10.12.1 via CVE-2016-1825 or CVE-2016-7617.

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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