CVE-2013-5178

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-5178
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerapple
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-10-24 03:48:52 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionLaunchServices 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.8.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.8.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.8.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.8.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.8.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.8.5 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All supplemental_update All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About the security content of OS X Mavericks v10.9.2 and Security Update 2014-001 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3 OS X Mavericks v10.9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Vendor Advisory
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