CVE-2016-4716
diskutil in DiskArbitration in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows local users to gain privileges via...
CVE-2016-4716 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Apple Mac Os X, published September 25, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
diskutil in DiskArbitration in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
diskutil in DiskArbitration in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2016-4716- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
diskutil in DiskArbitration in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2016-4716- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-5701 No score
diskutil in DiskArbitration in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
- Record
EUVD-2016-5701- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pjcv-88cq-m3gv
diskutil in DiskArbitration in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows local users to gain privileges via...
diskutil in DiskArbitration in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
- Record
GHSA-pjcv-88cq-m3gv- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |