CVE-2017-7158 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2017-7158?

CVE-2017-7158 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 25 Dec 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7158?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2017-7158?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-7158 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-7158 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7158 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-r9pq-588p-w79g.