CVE-2013-5178

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

LaunchServices in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 does not properly restrict Unicode characters in filenames, which allows context-dependent attackers to spoof file extensions via a crafted character sequence.

LaunchServices in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 does not properly restrict Unicode characters in filenames, which allows context-dependent attackers to spoof file extensions via a crafted character sequence.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

Apple Mac OS X

First reported 11 years ago

2013-10-24 03:48:00

Last updated 10 years ago

2014-03-06 04:48:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X 10.8.0

10.8.0

Apple Mac OS X 10.8.1

10.8.1

Apple Mac OS X 10.8.2

10.8.2

Apple Mac OS X 10.8.3

10.8.3

Apple Mac OS X 10.8.4

10.8.4

Apple Mac OS X 10.8.5

10.8.5

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