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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2017-2426

Severity Low
Score 3.3/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. The issue involves the "iBooks" component. It allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from local files via a file: URL in an iBooks file.

  • 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