CVE-2017-6981 in macOS

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. The issue involves the "iBooks" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app that uses symlinks.

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• Reservation: 03/17/2017
• Disclosure: 05/22/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 2: VDB-101365
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-264 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 8.3
• EPSS: 0.00251
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6981
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6981
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-6981/