CVE-2017-2361 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Help Viewer component of Apple macOS versions prior to 10.12.3, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code or read files via a crafted website. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) requires user interaction (UI:R) and has a network attack vector (AV:N), potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity compromise. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, demonstrating arbitrary file execution and read capabilities, though it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.12.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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