CVE-2017-13909: Medium severity macos high sierra vulnerability

Published Sep 25, 2017
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Updated

An issue existed in the storage of sensitive tokens. This issue was addressed by placing the tokens in Keychain. This issue is fixed in macOS High Sierra 10.13. A local attacker may gain access to iCloud authentication tokens.

Other sources

Apple Account Settings. An issue existed in the storage of sensitive tokens. This issue was addressed by placing the tokens in Keychain.

Credit

Andreas Nilsson

Affected Software

2 affected componentsFixes available
Apple macOS High Sierra<10.13
10.13
Apple iOS and macOS>=10.0<10.13

Event History

Dec 23, 2021
CVE Published
via MITRE·07:48 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·07:48 PM
DescriptionWeakness

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID for this issue?

The vulnerability ID for this issue is CVE-2017-13909.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2017-13909?

The severity of CVE-2017-13909 is medium with a severity value of 5.5.

3

What is the impact of CVE-2017-13909?

The impact of CVE-2017-13909 is that a local attacker may gain access to iCloud authentication tokens.

4

How was CVE-2017-13909 fixed?

CVE-2017-13909 was fixed by placing the tokens in Keychain in macOS High Sierra 10.13.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2017-13909?

You can find more information about CVE-2017-13909 at the following reference: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208144

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