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CVE-2016-4620
The Sandbox Profiles component in Apple iOS before 10 does not properly restrict access to directory metadata for SMS draft directories,…
Low3.3EPSS 0.83%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
The Sandbox Profiles component in Apple iOS before 10 does not properly restrict access to directory metadata for SMS draft directories, which allows attackers to discover text-message recipients via a crafted app.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Low3.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.83% · top 42% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- APPLE-SA-2016-09-20-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 1036797 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-09-13-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 92932 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT207143 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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