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CVE-2017-13890

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-13890 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Apple macOS versions prior to 10.13.4 and 10.13, specifically within the "CoreTypes" component. This flaw allows remote attackers to force disk-image mounting through a specially crafted website, potentially leading to unauthorized data access or system compromise. With a CVSS score of 7.4, it requires user interaction but has a low attack complexity and high impact on integrity. While there's no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has received some community discussion and media coverage, including a BleepingComputer article detailing its discovery as a zero-day.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 10.13.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.4HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0120 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

support.apple.com / HT208144
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT208692
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103579
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040608
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry