High severity · published Apr 3, 2018
CVE-2017-7161
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products
8.8
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. Safari before 11.0.2 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit Web Inspector" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via special characters that trigger command injection.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SA
Safari · Apple
before 11.0.2 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
16.04; 17.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7161
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7161
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208324
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3551-1/
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