Critical severity · published Oct 23, 2017
CVE-2017-7121
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products
9.8
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the third-party "file" product. Versions before 5.30 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
through 10.12.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7121
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7121
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100993
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208144
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