CVE-2016-7579

5.9 mediumEPSS 1.8%

Medium (5.9) in apple. EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.9 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 78% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-200
Published: 2017-02-20
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:iphone_os
apple:mac_os_x
apple:tvos

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93856
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037086
https://support.apple.com/HT207270
https://support.apple.com/HT207271
https://support.apple.com/HT207275

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