Security restrictions bypass in macOS - CVE-2017-13890
Published: March 30, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11426
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13890
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apple Inc.
Affected software:
macOS
macOS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an input validation flaw. A remote attacker can create specially crafted HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will exploit a logic error in the CoreTypes component and cause a disk image to be mounted on the target user's system.
The weakness exists due to an input validation flaw. A remote attacker can create specially crafted HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will exploit a logic error in the CoreTypes component and cause a disk image to be mounted on the target user's system.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-13890
Update to version 10.13.4.