Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in macOS - CVE-2013-5178

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in macOS - CVE-2013-5178

Published: October 24, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42426
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5178
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Apple Inc.
Affected software:
macOS

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2013-5178

Install update from vendor's website.

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