CVE-2017-7079 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iTunes before 12.7 is affected. The issue involves the "Data Sync" component. It allows attackers to access iOS backups (written by iTunes) via a crafted app.

Published: 2017-10-23

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

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:a:apple:itunes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2017-16117	An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iTunes before 12.7 is affected. The issue involves the "Data Sync" component. It allows attackers to access iOS backups (written by iTunes) via a crafted app.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.003.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100983
https://support.apple.com/HT208140

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Itunes

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2017-10-23T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:49:02.821Z

Reserved: 2017-03-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7079

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-23T01:29:11.580

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-7079

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-552

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