CVE-2016-1800 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2016-1800?

CVE-2016-1800 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 20 May 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Captive Network Assistant in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 mishandles a custom URL scheme, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1800?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1800?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1800 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2016-1800 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1800 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X

• CVE-2014-7169 GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-6271 GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2012-1823 PHP-CGI Query String Parameter Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-30713 Apple macOS Unspecified Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2019-8526 Apple macOS Use-After-Free Exploited High 7.8

All Apple Mac Os X vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-8v4x-6f29-w83x.