CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-2391

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. Pages before 6.1, Numbers before 4.1, and Keynote before 7.1 on macOS and Pages before 3.1, Numbers before 3.1, and Keynote before 3.1 on iOS are affected. The issue involves the "Export" component. It allows users to bypass iWork PDF password protection by leveraging use of 40-bit RC4.

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.96%probability of exploitation in 30 days
57thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 57% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.