PT-2013-5423 · Apple · Macos X+1

Jesse Ruderman + 1 · Published 2013-10-24 · Updated 2014-03-06 · CVE-2013-5178

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.9

Description The issue allows context-dependent attackers to spoof file extensions via a crafted character sequence due to improper restriction of Unicode characters in filenames by LaunchServices.

Recommendations For Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.9, update to version 10.9 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-5178

Affected Products

Launchservices

Macos X

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5178 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6150 · Note