High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 23, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-13908
CVE-2017-13908
Description
An issue in handling file permissions was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS High Sierra 10.13.1, Security Update 2017-001 Sierra, and Security Update 2017-004 El Capitan, macOS High Sierra 10.13. A local attacker may be able to execute non-executable text files via an SMB share.
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Affected products
4- Range: 2017-001
- Range: 2017-004
- Range: 10.13.1
- Range: unspecified
Patches
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References
2- support.apple.com/en-us/HT208144nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT208221nvdVendor Advisory
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