PT-2016-2792

CVE-2016-4739

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Published

2016-09-25

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Updated

2017-07-30

Description by

CVSS 2.0
4.3
Medium
MetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OS X versions prior to 10.12
Description The issue is related to the mDNSResponder component in OS X, which, when using VMnet.framework, allows a DNS proxy to listen on all interfaces. This enables remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sending a DNS query to an unintended interface.
Recommendations For OS X versions prior to 10.12, update to version 10.12 or later to resolve the issue.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Related identifiers
CVE-2016-4739
BDU:2016-02195
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