CVE-2017-6981 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. The issue involves the "iBooks" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app that uses symlinks.

Published: 2017-05-22

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-16019	An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. The issue involves the "iBooks" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app that uses symlinks.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00251.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038484
https://support.apple.com/HT207797
https://support.apple.com/HT207798

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Iphone Os Mac Os X

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2017-05-22T04:54:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:49:02.419Z

Reserved: 2017-03-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6981

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-22T05:29:02.770

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-6981

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-59

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