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CVE-2017-2448

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.9)—

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. tvOS before 10.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Keychain" component. It allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass an iCloud Keychain secret protection mechanism by leveraging lack of authentication for OTR packets.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (4)

Apple — Iphone OSApple — MAC OS XApple — TvosApple — Watchos

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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