Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 LaunchServices access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8. Affected is an unknown function of the component LaunchServices. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-5178. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component LaunchServices. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

LaunchServices in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 does not properly restrict Unicode characters in filenames, which allows context-dependent attackers to spoof file extensions via a crafted character sequence.

The weakness was disclosed 10/22/2013 by Jesse Ruderman and Stephane Sudre with Mozilla Corporation as APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3 as confirmed mailinglist post (Apple Security Mailinglist). The advisory is available at lists.apple.com. The mailinglist post contains:

An issue exited in the handling of certain unicode characters that could allow filenames to show incorrect extensions. The issue was addressed by filtering unsafe unicode characters from display in filenames.
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-5178 since 08/15/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70561 (Mac OS X 10.x < 10.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEAST)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121815 (Apple Mac OS X v10.9.2 and Security Update 2014-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2014-02-25-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.9 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (70561), SecurityFocus (BID 63343†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-43700†). The entries VDB-10327, VDB-10324, VDB-10946 and VDB-10932 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 70561
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.x < 10.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEAST)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.9

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08/15/2013 🔍
10/22/2013 +68 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman, Stephane Sudre
Organization: Mozilla Corporation
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-5178 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-5178
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-10922

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SecurityFocus: 63343 - Apple Mac OS X LaunchServices CVE-2013-5178 Remote Security Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 43700 - Apple MacOS X <10.9 Remote Spoofing Vulnerability via Crafted Character Sequence, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/23/2013 17:41
Updated: 06/01/2021 07:26
Changes: 10/23/2013 17:41 (74), 05/23/2017 14:46 (3), 06/01/2021 07:26 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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