CVE-2016-7761 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2016-7761?

CVE-2016-7761 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 20 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "WiFi" component, which allows local users to obtain sensitive network-configuration information by leveraging global storage.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7761?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7761?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-7761 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-7761 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7761 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-mwwr-5qp4-pv92.