CVE-2017-8665

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
10.8%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 7% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: August 15, 2017 (3194 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

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."

CWE

CWE-732

Affected Products

microsoft xamarin.ios

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 portal.msrc.microsoft.com 🔗 www.exploit-db.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 portal.msrc.microsoft.com