CVE-2017-7141 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can bypass privacy settings to discover email recipient IP addresses via HTML emails in macOS Mail.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-7141?

CVE-2017-7141 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 23 Oct 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7141?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2017-7141?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-7141 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-7141 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7141 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Apple Mac Os X vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-84gc-wc9h-fcv8.

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