CVE-2017-13827: Critical severity macos high sierra vulnerability
Published Sep 25, 2017
·Updated
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the "kext tools" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app that performs kext loading.
Other sources
kext tools. A logic error in kext loading was addressed with improved state handling.
Credit
an anonymous researcher
Affected Software
2 affected componentsFixes available
Apple macOS High Sierra<10.13
10.13
Apple iOS and macOS=10.13.0
Event History
Apr 3, 2018
CVE Published
via MITRE·06:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·06:00 AM
Description
Peer vulnerabilities
Found alongside the following vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2017-13832
- CVE-2016-0736
- CVE-2016-2161
- CVE-2016-5387
- CVE-2016-8740
- CVE-2016-8743
- CVE-2017-13909
- CVE-2017-13809
- CVE-2017-7084
- CVE-2017-7074
- CVE-2017-13820
- CVE-2017-13807
- CVE-2017-7143
- CVE-2017-13829
- CVE-2017-13833
- CVE-2017-7083
- CVE-2017-13821
- CVE-2017-0381
- CVE-2017-13825
- CVE-2017-13890
- CVE-2017-13851
- CVE-2017-7138
- CVE-2017-7121
- CVE-2017-7122
- CVE-2017-7123
- CVE-2017-7124
- CVE-2017-7125
- CVE-2017-7126
- CVE-2017-13815
- CVE-2017-13828
- CVE-2017-13811
- CVE-2017-13835
- CVE-2017-11103
- CVE-2017-13819
- CVE-2017-13830
- CVE-2017-13814
- CVE-2017-13831
- CVE-2017-13837
- CVE-2017-13906
- CVE-2017-7077
- CVE-2017-7119
- CVE-2017-7114
- CVE-2017-13810
- CVE-2017-13817
- CVE-2017-13818
- CVE-2017-13836
- CVE-2017-13841
- CVE-2017-13840
- CVE-2017-13842
- CVE-2017-13782
- CVE-2017-13843
- CVE-2017-13854
- CVE-2017-13834
- CVE-2017-13873
- CVE-2017-13827
- CVE-2017-13813
- CVE-2017-13816
- CVE-2017-13812
- CVE-2016-4736
- CVE-2017-7086
- CVE-2017-1000373
- CVE-2016-9063
- CVE-2017-9233
- CVE-2018-4302
- CVE-2017-5130
- CVE-2017-7376
- CVE-2017-9050
- CVE-2017-9049
- CVE-2017-7141
- CVE-2017-7078
- CVE-2017-6451
- CVE-2017-6452
- CVE-2017-6455
- CVE-2017-6458
- CVE-2017-6459
- CVE-2017-6460
- CVE-2017-6462
- CVE-2017-6463
- CVE-2017-6464
- CVE-2016-9042
- CVE-2017-13824
- CVE-2017-13846
- CVE-2017-10140
- CVE-2017-13822
- CVE-2017-7132
- CVE-2017-13823
- CVE-2017-13808
- CVE-2017-13838
- CVE-2017-7082
- CVE-2017-7080
- CVE-2017-13908
- CVE-2017-13839
- CVE-2017-13910
- CVE-2017-10989
- CVE-2017-7128
- CVE-2017-7129
- CVE-2017-7130
- CVE-2017-7127
- CVE-2016-9840
- CVE-2016-9841
- CVE-2016-9842
- CVE-2016-9843
Frequently Asked Questions
1
What is the vulnerability ID?
The vulnerability ID is CVE-2017-13827.
2
What is the severity of CVE-2017-13827?
The severity of CVE-2017-13827 is critical.
3
Which Apple products are affected by CVE-2017-13827?
macOS before 10.13 (High Sierra) is affected by CVE-2017-13827.
4
What component of Apple products is involved in CVE-2017-13827?
The "kext tools" component is involved in CVE-2017-13827.
5
How can an attacker exploit CVE-2017-13827?
An attacker can execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app that performs kext loading.