CVE-2017-7141 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It allows remote attackers to bypass an intended off value of the "Load remote content in messages" setting, and consequently discover an e-mail recipient's IP address, via an HTML email message.

Published: 2017-10-23

Score: 5.3 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: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-2017-16179	An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It allows remote attackers to bypass an intended off value of the "Load remote content in messages" setting, and consequently discover an e-mail recipient's IP address, via an HTML email message.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00194.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100993
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039427
https://support.apple.com/HT208144

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

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

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:56:34.848Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-7141

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-23T01:29:13.893

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

Link: CVE-2017-7141

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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