Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Feb 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-7579

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.1 is affected. macOS before 10.12.1 is affected. tvOS before 10.0.1 is affected. The issue involves the "CFNetwork Proxies" component, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a proxy password authentication requirement and obtain sensitive information.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Iphone OS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <10.1
Apple Inc./Mac OS X
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <10.12.1
Apple Inc./tvOS2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <10.0.1
- (no CPE)range: <10.0.1
Apple Inc./macOSllm-fuzzy
Range: <10.12.1
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: <10.1

Patches

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/93856nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037086nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
support.apple.com/HT207270nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT207271nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT207275nvdVendor Advisory

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