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A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.13.1 (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component QuickTime. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Memory). 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. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.1 is affected. The issue involves the "QuickTime" component. It allows attackers to bypass intended memory-read restrictions via a crafted app.

The bug was discovered 10/31/2017. The weakness was presented 10/31/2017 as HT208221 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-13823 since 08/30/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:

A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.

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 10.13.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (103598). See 89669, 89849, 98603 and 99763 for similar entries.

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• macOS

Version

• 10.13.0
• 10.13.1

License

• commercial

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 5.5
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Exploitinginfo

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

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 103598
Nessus Name: macOS < 10.13 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 861083
OpenVAS Name: Apple MacOSX Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities HT208221
OpenVAS File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.13.1

Timelineinfo

07/18/2016 🔍
08/30/2017 +408 days 🔍
10/03/2017 +34 days 🔍
10/31/2017 +28 days 🔍
10/31/2017 +0 days 🔍
10/31/2017 +0 days 🔍
11/03/2017 +3 days 🔍
11/12/2017 +9 days 🔍
01/22/2021 +1167 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT208221
Researcher: Scott Geary
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2017-13823 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1039710
SecurityFocus: 91816

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

Created: 11/03/2017 15:20
Updated: 01/22/2021 09:49
Changes: 11/03/2017 15:20 (77), 12/03/2019 13:59 (4), 01/22/2021 09:43 (2), 01/22/2021 09:49 (3)
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