935
VMScore

CVE-2017-6978

Published: 22/05/2017 Updated: 13/08/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 935
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

An issue exists in certain Apple products. macOS prior to 10.12.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Accessibility Framework" component. It allows malicious users to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.

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Exploits

/* Source: bugschromiumorg/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1219 HIServicesframework is used by a handful of deamons and implements its own CFObject serialization mechanism The entrypoint to the deserialization code is AXUnserializeCFType; it reads a type field and uses that to index an array of function pointers for the support types: ...