CVE-2017-7158

N/A

Published: December 25, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:23 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendormacOS

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

macOS · Apple

95%

v < 10.13.2

Affected range stops below 10.13.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://support.apple.com/HT208331

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://support.apple.com/HT208331

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-119

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