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CVE-2016-7651

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7651 describes a local authorization bypass vulnerability in the "Accounts" component of Apple iOS before 10.2 and watchOS before 3.1.1. This flaw allows a local attacker to bypass intended authorization restrictions due to mishandling of app uninstallation, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 5.3 (Medium) with a low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV entry, though it garnered some community discussion and media coverage at the time of disclosure.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
19.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0027 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2016/Dec/msg00001.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207422
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207487
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94851
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037429