FKIE_CVE-2017-8665

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-08-15 18:29 - Updated: 2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The Xamarin.iOS update component on systems running macOS allows an attacker to run arbitrary code as root, aka "Xamarin.iOS Elevation Of Privilege Vulnerability."
References
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100308Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secure@microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8665Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.comhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42454/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100308Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8665Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42454/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft xamarin.ios *
apple macos -
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