CVE-2017-2478 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. tvOS before 10.2 is affected. watchOS before 3.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Kernel" component. A race condition allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple	Iphone Os Mac Os X Tvos Watchos

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97137
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038138
https://support.apple.com/HT207601
https://support.apple.com/HT207602
https://support.apple.com/HT207615
https://support.apple.com/HT207617
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41794/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2017-04-02T01:36:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T13:55:05.867Z

Reserved: 2016-12-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-2478

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-04-02T01:59:03.667

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-2478

Redhat

No data.

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