CVE-2016-4716 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the diskutil component of DiskArbitration affecting Apple OS X versions prior to 10.12. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), this flaw allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges with low attack complexity and no user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.11.6CPE 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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