CVE-2017-7158

MEDIUM

Apple <10.13.2 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT208331

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0113
EPSS Percentile 62.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
apple/mac_os_x < 10.13.2
Published Dec 27, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026