Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 15, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-1516
CVE-2011-1516
Description
The kSBXProfileNoNetwork and kSBXProfileNoInternet sandbox profiles in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.x through 10.7.x do not propagate restrictions to all created processes, which allows remote attackers to access network resources via a crafted application, as demonstrated by use of osascript to send Apple events to the launchd daemon, a related issue to CVE-2008-7303.
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Affected products
22cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 21 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 10.5.x through 10.7.x
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