Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU9052

Spoofing attack in macOS - CVE-2017-13828

Published: November 1, 2017

Vulnerability identifier: #VU9052

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13828

CWE-ID: CWE-200

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Apple Inc.

Affected software:
macOS

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attack on the target system.

The weakness exists due to a font rendering flaw in the Fonts component. A remote user can spoof user interface elements and access arbitrary data.

Update to version 10.13.1.