PT-2017-13130 · Apple · Apple Macos

Filippo Cavallarin · Published 2017-11-13 · Updated 2017-11-27 · CVE-2017-13819

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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

Description The issue involves the HelpViewer component and allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by bypassing the Same Origin Policy for quarantined HTML documents, which is a cross-site scripting (XSS) issue.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 10.13.1, update to version 10.13.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the HelpViewer component until the update is applied.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-13819

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-13819 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13819 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT208221 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039710 · Note