CVE•Published 2017-02-20•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-4617Apple · Mac_os_x
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12 is affected. The issue involves a sandbox escape related to launchctl process spawning in the "libxpc" component.
Timeline
Published 2017-02-20
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-4617Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · OS
os:"Mac Os X"Hosts Shodan identified as running Mac Os X.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-4617Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-4617Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-4617Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-4617GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-4617" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2016-4617 on GitHub.