PT-2017-15468 · Objective Development · Little Snitch

Published 2017-04-06 · Updated 2020-11-09 · CVE-2017-2675

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Little Snitch versions 3.0 through 3.7.3

Description The issue is related to a local privilege escalation in the installer part, specifically concerning the installation of the configuration file at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist to /Library/LaunchDaemons.

Recommendations For versions 3.0 through 3.7.3, consider removing the vulnerable configuration file at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist from /Library/LaunchDaemons as a temporary mitigation measure. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-2675

Affected Products

Little Snitch

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2675 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2675 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/patrickwardle/status/849076615170711552 · Note
• https://obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/releasenotes.html · Note