PT-2018-5595 · Apple · Apple Macos

Patrick Wardle · Published 2018-04-03 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-13837

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/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

Description: The issue involves the "Installer" component and its failure to properly restrict an app's entitlements for accessing the FileVault unlock key.

Recommendations: For macOS versions prior to 10.13, update to version 10.13 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-13837

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-13837 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13837 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT208144 · Vendor Advisory