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OS X update for Mail (CVE-2017-7141)

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OS X update for Mail (CVE-2017-7141)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
09/26/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/26/2017
Modified
03/18/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_13

References

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