High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 24, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-1766

Description

The Profiles component in Apple iOS before 9.3 does not properly validate certificates, which allows attackers to spoof an MDM profile trust relationship via unspecified vectors.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Iphone OS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=9.2.1
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: < 9.3

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT206166nvdVendor Advisory
www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353nvd
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-314nvd

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