CVE-2013-5178

LaunchServices 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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - product-security@apple.com

Published

2013-10-24

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Mac Os X (Apple)

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6150