Medium severity · published Oct 23, 2017
CVE-2017-7089
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products
6.1
CVSS
6.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11 is affected. Safari before 11 is affected. iCloud before 7.0 on Windows is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" component. It allows remote attackers to conduct Universal XSS (UXSS) attacks via a crafted web site that is mishandled during parent-tab processing.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.7% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IO
iOS · Apple
through 10.3.3 · source: NVD
IC
Icloud · Apple
through 6.9.1 · source: NVD
IT
Itunes · Apple
through 12.6.2 · source: NVD
SA
Safari · Apple
through 10.1.2 · source: NVD
TV
Tvos · Apple
through 10.2.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7089
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7089
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100893
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039384
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039385
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208112
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208116
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208142
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