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TransporterApplication · Apple

CVE-2016-7666

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.0 Published 2017-02-20
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 1.9.1 or later.
See remediation →
58/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. Transporter before 1.9.2 is affected. The issue involves the "iTMSTransporter" component, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted EPUB.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

The iTMSTransporter component in Apple Transporter before 1.9.2 contains a vulnerability when parsing EPUB files. A specially crafted EPUB file can trigger the application to disclose sensitive information to an attacker.

MitigationUpgrade Apple Transporter to version 1.9.2 or later to remediate this vulnerability.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
TransporterApplication
Affected:<= 1.9.1

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Locate Apple Transporter installation
    Apple Transporter is typically installed at /Applications/Utilities/Transporter.app on macOS. Verify the application exists at this path or search for 'Transporter.app' using Finder or the command: find /Applications -name 'Transporter.app' 2>/dev/null
    Affected if The application is not found at all, then this CVE does not apply (not installed)
  2. Check the installed version number
    Right-click Transporter.app and select 'Show Package Contents', then navigate to Contents/Info.plist and look for CFBundleShortVersionString, or run: defaults read /Applications/Utilities/Transporter.app/Contents/Info.plist CFBundleShortVersionString
    Affected if The version reads 1.9.1 or lower (for example, 1.9.0, 1.9, 1.8.x)
  3. Verify exact version in application menu
    Open Transporter app, then go to Transporter menu > About Transporter to see the exact version number displayed in the About window
    Affected if The version shown is 1.9.1 or below

If the installed version of Apple Transporter is 1.9.1 or any version lower than 1.9.2, the environment is vulnerable to CVE-2016-7666 when processing EPUB files.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 1.9.1
Interim mitigation

Upgrade Apple Transporter to version 1.9.2 or later to remediate this vulnerability.

Fix this in Transporter Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation1.0 h
  • Implementation1.0 h
  • Testing1.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
4.0 hours of engineering $750
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