CVE-2016-4678 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting macOS before version 10.12.1, specifically within the AppleSMC component. It allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation or trigger a denial of service through a NULL pointer dereference. While rated with a CVSS score of 7.8, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it has received no community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low likelihood of active exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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