Advisory Details

December 15th, 2016

Apple OS X AppleIntelHD5000Graphics Null Pointer Dereference Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2016-1818
CVSS SCORE	7.2, AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	Apple
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	OS X
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Apple OS X. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the AppleIntelHD5000Graphics kernel extension. The issue lies in the failure to ensure that a user-supplied pointer is valid prior to dereferencing it. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code within the context of the kernel.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206567
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2016-04-26 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2016-12-15 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	sweetchip@GRAYHASH

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