CVE-2017-13786 — Apple MAC OS X vulnerability

4 documents4 sources
Severity
4.6MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 78.09%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple MAC OS XApple Macos High Sierra 10.13.1 Security Update 2017-001 Sierra AND Security Update 20
Timeline
PublishedNov 13
Latest updateMay 13

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.1 is affected. The issue involves the "APFS" component. It does not properly restrict the DMA mapping time of FileVault decryption buffers, which allows attackers to read cleartext APFS data via a crafted Thunderbolt adapter.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 0.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.13.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-jg9q-j4r6-mjwm: An issue was discovered in certain Apple products↗2022-05-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Apple
CVE-2017-13786: macOS High Sierra 10.13.1, Security Update 2017-001 Sierra, and Security Update 2017-004 El Capitan↗2017-10-31
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📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
The Security War in File Systems: An Empirical Study from A Vulnerability-Centric Perspective↗2022-04-26
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