CVE-2017-7158

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 27, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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