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Apple OS X AppleIntelBDWGraphics Memory Corruption Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

2016-07-2000:00:00
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www.zerodayinitiative.com
17

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

71.7%

This vulnerability allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Apple OS X. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of the AppleIntelBDWGraphics kernel extension. The issue lies in the failure to properly check user-supplied arguments during an IOKit call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code within the context of the kernel.

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

71.7%