PT-2017-13101 · Apple · Apple Macos

Dmytro Oleksiuk · Published 2017-11-13 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-13786

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 10.13.1

Description The issue involves the APFS component, which does not properly restrict the DMA mapping time of FileVault decryption buffers. This allows attackers to read cleartext APFS data via a crafted Thunderbolt adapter.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 10.13.1, update to version 10.13.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-13786

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13786 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-13786 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT208221 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039710 · Note