CVE-2017-2361 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.3 is affected. The issue involves the "Help Viewer" component, which allows XSS attacks via a crafted web site.

Published: 2017-02-20

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 17.1% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-11544	An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.3 is affected. The issue involves the "Help Viewer" component, which allows XSS attacks via a crafted web site.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.17134.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95723
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037671
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1040
https://support.apple.com/HT207483
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41443/

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2017-02-20T08:35:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T13:48:05.262Z

Reserved: 2016-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-2361

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-20T08:59:05.010

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:16:03.003

Link: CVE-2017-2361

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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