CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-8665
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-08-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732
Description
The Xamarin.iOS update component on systems running macOS allows an attacker to run arbitrary code as root, aka "Xamarin.iOS Elevation Of Privilege Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft xamarin.ios (<= 10.11)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100308 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8665 Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42454/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100308 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8665 Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42454/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry