CVE-2017-7158

Published Dec 27, 2017

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Screen Sharing Server" component. It allows attackers to obtain root privileges for reading files by leveraging screen-sharing access.
Source
product-security@apple.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.5
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
2.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.8
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
8
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-119

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations