CVE-2016-7660: Apple iPhone OS

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. watchOS before 3.1.3 is affected. The issue involves the "syslog" component. It allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to Mach port name references.

Affected products

• Apple iPhone OS: up to and including 10.1.1
• Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.12.1
• Apple watchOS: up to and including 2.2.2

Published 2017-02-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.