Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Bluetooth" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (type confusion) 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 2
- Apple macOS Sierra 10.12.1 - 'physmem' Local Privilege Escalation EDB-44237 · local · Jan 16, 2017
- Apple macOS 10.12.1 Kernel - Writable Privileged IOKit Registry Properties Code Execution EDB-40952 · dos · Dec 22, 2016 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 94903 vdb-entry
- 40952 exploit
- 1037469 vdb-entry
- https://support.apple.com/HT207423