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CVE-2016-4699

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-09-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

AppleUUC in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4700.

Affected products

• macOS: through 10.11.6

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93055
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036858
• https://support.apple.com/HT207170
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93055
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036858
• https://support.apple.com/HT207170

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