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CVE-2017-2533

34
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2533 is a race condition vulnerability in the DiskArbitration component of Apple macOS versions prior to 10.12.5. This flaw allows an attacker, through a crafted application, to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH), exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-42146) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.12.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.0HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-42146 · Jun 9, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0439 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 386 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

phoenhex.re / 2017-06-09/pwn2own-diskarbitrationd-privesc
support.apple.com / HT207797
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/42146
securitytracker.com / id/1038484
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-17-357