CVE-2016-7759
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10 is affected. The issue involves...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10 is affected. The issue involves the "Springboard" component, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by viewing application snapshots in the Task Switcher.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10 is affected. The issue involves the "Springboard" component, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by viewing application snapshots in the Task Switcher.
- Record
CVE-2016-7759- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10 is affected. The issue involves the "Springboard" component, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by viewing application snapshots in the Task Switcher.
- Record
CVE-2016-7759- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-8609 No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10 is affected. The issue involves the "Springboard" component, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by viewing application snapshots in the Task Switcher.
- Record
EUVD-2016-8609- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9mg8-hrhf-6f68
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10 is affected. The issue involves...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10 is affected. The issue involves the "Springboard" component, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by viewing application snapshots in the Task Switcher.
- Record
GHSA-9mg8-hrhf-6f68- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- 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-2016-7759 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Apple Iphone Os, published February 20, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 25th percentile. No source names a fixed version.