CVE-2016-1776
Web Server in Apple OS X Server before 5.1 does not properly restrict access to .DS_Store and ...
Web Server in Apple OS X Server before 5.1 does not properly restrict access to .DS_Store and .htaccess files, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive configuration information via an HTTP request.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Web Server in Apple OS X Server before 5.1 does not properly restrict access to .DS_Store and .htaccess files, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive configuration information via an HTTP request.
- Record
CVE-2016-1776- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Web Server in Apple OS X Server before 5.1 does not properly restrict access to .DS_Store and .htaccess files, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive configuration information via an HTTP request.
- Record
CVE-2016-1776- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-2871 No score
Web Server in Apple OS X Server before 5.1 does not properly restrict access to .DS_Store and .htaccess files, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive configuration information via an HTTP request.
- Record
EUVD-2016-2871- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fj7g-5fw7-pp89
Web Server in Apple OS X Server before 5.1 does not properly restrict access to .DS_Store and ...
Web Server in Apple OS X Server before 5.1 does not properly restrict access to .DS_Store and .htaccess files, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive configuration information via an HTTP request.
- Record
GHSA-fj7g-5fw7-pp89- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-1776 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Apple Mac Os X Server, published March 24, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.81%, the 78th percentile. No source names a fixed version.