CVE-2017-7158

6.5 mediumEPSS 1.1%

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Screen Sharing Server" component. It allows attackers to obtain root privileges for reading files by leveraging screen-sharing access.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 66% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-119
Published: 2017-12-27
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:mac_os_x

References

https://support.apple.com/HT208331
https://support.apple.com/HT208331

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