High severity · published Nov 29, 2017
CVE-2017-13872
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products
8.1
CVSS
36.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS High Sierra before Security Update 2017-001 is affected. The issue involves the "Directory Utility" component. It allows attackers to obtain administrator access without a password via certain interactions involving entry of the root user name.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)36.8% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
10.13.0; 10.13.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13872
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13872
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101981
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039875
Mitigation
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/11/macos-bug-lets-you-log-in-as-admin-with-no-password-required/
github.com
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/9302
Exploit
https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x24.html
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208315
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