Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE-2017-2357
Summary
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.3 is affected. The issue involves the "IOAudioFamily" component. It allows attackers to obtain sensitive kernel memory-layout information via a crafted app.
- LOW
- LOCAL
- NONE
- UNCHANGED
- REQUIRED
- NONE
- LOW
- NONE
CWE-200 - Information Exposure
An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published