Little Snitch version 3.0 through 3.7.3 suffer from a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the installer part
Published Apr 6, 2017
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.30%
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.
Affected products
-
- Version 3.0 - 3.7.3StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Objective Development Software GmbH | Little Snitch | n/a |
|
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.1
- 3.1.1
- 3.3
- 3.3.1
- 3.3.2
- 3.3.3
- 3.3.4
- 3.4
- 3.4.1
- 3.4.2
- 3.5
- 3.5.1
- 3.5.2
- 3.5.3
- 3.6
- 3.6.1
- 3.6.2
- 3.6.3
- 3.6.4
- 3.7
- 3.7.1
- 3.7.2
- 3.7.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.30% (0.00303) | 20.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.30% (0.00303) | 23.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.33% (0.00332) | 3.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.33% (0.00332) | 0.00th | v1 |
No CWE recorded.
References (2)
- https://twitter.com/patrickwardle/status/849076615170711552 x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/releasenotes.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://twitter.com/patrickwardle/status/849076615170711552 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/releasenotes.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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