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CVE-2016-1766

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-03-24 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Profiles component in Apple iOS before 9.3 does not properly validate certificates, which allows attackers to spoof an MDM profile trust relationship via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Apple Iphone Os: through 9.2.1

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-314
• https://support.apple.com/HT206166
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-314
• https://support.apple.com/HT206166

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