VDB-108537 · CVE-2017-7141 · BID 100993

Apple macOS up to 10.12 Mail Email Message IP Address information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.12 (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Mail. The manipulation as part of a Email Message leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (IP Address). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It allows remote attackers to bypass an intended off value of the "Load remote content in messages" setting, and consequently discover an e-mail recipient's IP address, via an HTML email message.

The bug was discovered 09/25/2017. The weakness was disclosed 10/23/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-7141 since 03/17/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 103598 (macOS < 10.13 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context c.

Upgrading to version 10.13 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (103598). The entries 99763, 107591, 107592 and 108406 are pretty similar.

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Exploitinginfo

Name: IP Address
Class: Information disclosure / IP Address
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 103598
Nessus Name: macOS < 10.13 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-HT208144
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.13

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09/25/2017 +191 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Researcher: Daniel Jalkut
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-7141 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1039427
SecurityFocus: 100993

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/23/2017 12:05
Updated: 01/20/2021 14:35
Changes: 10/23/2017 12:05 (75), 11/30/2019 08:37 (3), 01/20/2021 14:30 (2), 01/20/2021 14:35 (3)
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