What is CVE-2016-7600?

CVE-2016-7600 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2017-02-20.

How severe is CVE-2016-7600?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2016-7600

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "OpenPAM" component, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging mishandling of failed PAM authentication by a sandboxed app.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.004 (27.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Apple Mac_os_x
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

product-security@apple.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
product-security@apple.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7600?: CVE-2016-7600 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2017-02-20.
How severe is CVE-2016-7600?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.