CVE-2013-0971

Apple Mac OS X PDF Ink Annotations Processing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity Score

6.8

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Use-after-free vulnerability in PDFKit in Apple Mac OS X before 10.8.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted ink annotations in a PDF document.

Vulnerabilidad de uso después de la liberación en PDFKit en Apple Mac OS X anterior a v10.8.3, permite a atacantes remotos producir una denegación de servicio (caída de aplicación) o posiblemente ejecutar código arbitrario a través de anotaciones manuscritas elaboradas en un documento PDF.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Apple OS X. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within the parsing of a PDF file. During the processing of a specific InkList array, a reference is created to an object that is freed before use. By abusing this behavior an attacker can ensure this memory is under control and leverage the situation to achieve remote code execution under the context of the user currently logged in.

*Credits: Tobias Klein

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 6.8

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2013-01-10 CVE Reserved
2013-03-15 CVE Published
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
2024-10-13 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00002.html	2013-03-18

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.6.8 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.6.8"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.6.8 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.6.8"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.7.0 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.7.0"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.7.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.7.1"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.7.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.7.2"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.7.3 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.7.3"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.7.4 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.7.4"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.7.5 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.7.5"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.7.0 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.7.0"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.7.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.7.1"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.7.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.7.2"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.7.3 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.7.3"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.7.4 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.7.4"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.7.5 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.7.5"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.8.0 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.8.0"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.8.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.8.1"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.8.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.8.2"		-		Affected