VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-2675

Little Snitch version 3.0 through 3.7.3 suffer from a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the installer part.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.30%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Little Snitch version 3.0 through 3.7.3 suffer from a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the installer part. The vulnerability is related to the installation of the configuration file "at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist" which gets installed to /Library/LaunchDaemons.

CVSS 3.0: 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.30% probability · 23th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: obdev/little snitch · objective development/little snitch
Source: office@obdev.at

References

https://twitter.com/patrickwardle/status/849076615170711552
https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/releasenotes.html
https://twitter.com/patrickwardle/status/849076615170711552
https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/releasenotes.html

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.