Apple macOS up to 10.12 Mail Drafts information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.12. This impacts an unknown function of the component Mail Drafts. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-7078. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.12 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Mail Drafts. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11 is affected. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail Drafts" component. It allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading unintended cleartext transmissions.

The bug was discovered 09/25/2017. The weakness was shared 10/23/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-7078 since 03/17/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

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 databases at Tenable (103598) and SecurityFocus (BID 100999†). The entries VDB-99763, VDB-102678, VDB-107049 and VDB-107050 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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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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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.13

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-7078 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7078
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-108524
SecurityFocus: 100999 - Apple macOS CVE-2017-7078 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1039427

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

Created: 10/23/2017 12:00
Updated: 01/20/2021 13:44
Changes: 10/23/2017 12:00 (73), 11/30/2019 07:43 (5), 01/20/2021 13:44 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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