Information disclosure in macOS - CVE-2017-13860

 

Information disclosure in macOS - CVE-2017-13860

Published: December 7, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9562
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13860
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 authenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to encryption error. A remote attacker in a privileged network position can trigger an encryption error with S/MIME credentials in the Mail Drafts component to intercept mail.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-13860

Update to version 10.13.2.

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