CVE-2017-7161

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 8.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-7161
  • Assigner
  • product-security@apple.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-04-03T06:29:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-77 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/77.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 11.0.2
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://support.apple.com/HT208324 Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3551-1/ Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7161
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7161
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:27:56 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 04:09:50 2018-04-03T06:29Z 2018-04-03T06:29:02 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 04:09:50 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 04:09:50 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated