CVE-2016-4698: Apple iPhone OS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Apple iPhone OS: up to and including 9.3.5
• Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.11.6

Published 2016-09-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.