Information disclosure in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2016-7761

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "WiFi" component, which allows local users to obtain sensitive network-configuration information by leveraging global storage.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 17.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2016-7761: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7761?
CVE-2016-7761 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-02-20.
How severe is CVE-2016-7761?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.