High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 25, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-4698

Description

AppleMobileFileIntegrity in Apple iOS before 10 and OS X before 10.12 mishandles process entitlement and Team ID values in the task port inheritance policy, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./AppleMobileFileIntegrityllm-fuzzy
Range: <10 (iOS), <10.12 (OS X)
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: <10
Apple Inc./OS Xllm-fuzzy
Range: <10.12

Patches

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References

lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.htmlnvdMailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.htmlnvdMailing ListVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT207143nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT207170nvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93056nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036858nvd

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