CVE-2017-6978

Risk Scores

Exploit Intelligence

• 42056 (cve.org)
• Apple macOS - Local Privilege Escalation Due to Lack of Bounds Checking in HIServices Custom CFObjec (0day-today)
• Apple macOS - Local Privilege Escalation Due to Lack of Bounds Checking in HIServices Custom CFObjec (0day-today)

Timeline

• May 16, 2017 CVE Published
• May 23, 2017 PoC Published
• Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
• Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
• Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
• Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
• Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
• Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
• May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
• Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
• Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
• Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score

References

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207801 advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207800 advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207805 advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207798 advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207804 advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207797 advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207803 advisory