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CVE-2016-4617

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-02-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12 is affected. The issue involves a sandbox escape related to launchctl process spawning in the "libxpc" component.

Affected products

• macOS: through 10.11.6

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96329
• https://support.apple.com/HT207170
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96329
• https://support.apple.com/HT207170

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