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CVE-2017-8665

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-08-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-732

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Corporation Xamarin.iOS: through 10.11
• Microsoft Corporation Xamarin.iOS: Xamarin.iOS

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100308
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8665
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42454/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100308
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8665
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42454/

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