Insecure storage of sensitive information in Apple macOS
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-922.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA macOS (Apple) Fixed in 10.13
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Apple macOS 10.13
10 records Highest priority Priority LOW 10 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2017-10158 Race condition in Apple watchOSPriority LOW 37
- TI-2018-03252 NULL pointer dereference in Apple iOSPriority LOW 36
- TI-2017-10159 Memory corruption in Apple macOSPriority LOW 35
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-13909
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cvmf-9frc-7xwx
References
Advisory 1
More Apple Mac Os X vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-01573 Apple iOS and iPadOS: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-01572 Apple iOS and iPadOS: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2014-05975 GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2014-05157 GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2012-01607 sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.3.12 and 5.4.x before 5.4.2, when configured as a CGI… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-02117 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2017-13909 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-13909 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cvmf-9frc-7xwx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences