CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-7158

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2017-12-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-12-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-119

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.

Affected configurations

• apple mac os x (< 10.13.2)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References