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CVE-2016-4781

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4781 is a passcode bypass vulnerability affecting Apple iOS devices running versions prior to 10.2, specifically within the SpringBoard component. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.8) allows a physically proximate attacker to bypass the passcode attempt counter and unlock a device through unspecified vectors, leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available and it's not listed on the KEV catalog, the vulnerability received some community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.8MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 1,532 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

support.apple.com / HT207422
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94850
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037429