CVE-2017-2361
The issue involves the "Help Viewer" component, which allows XSS attacks via a crafted web site.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.1%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.3 is affected. The issue involves the "Help Viewer" component, which allows XSS attacks via a crafted web site.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 17.13% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 23 February 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- apple/mac os x
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS moved from 11.0% on 21 September 2026 to 17.1% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95723Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037671
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1040
- https://support.apple.com/HT207483Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41443/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95723Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037671
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1040
- https://support.apple.com/HT207483Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41443/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.