PT-2013-2765 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2013-03-15 · Updated 2013-03-18 · CVE-2013-0973

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Mac OS X versions through 10.7.5

Description The issue concerns a software update in Apple Mac OS X that fails to prevent plugin loading within the marketing-text WebView. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute plugin code by modifying the client-server data stream.

Recommendations For Apple Mac OS X versions through 10.7.5, consider disabling the plugin loading feature within the marketing-text WebView as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the WebView to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-0973

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0973 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory