CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-13872
8.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-11-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
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.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x 10.13.0
• apple mac os x 10.13.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101981 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039875 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/11/macos-bug-lets-you-log-in-as-admin-with-no-password-required/ Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/9302 github.com
- https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x24.html Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT208315 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT208331 support.apple.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43201/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43248/ www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.wired.com/story/macos-update-undoes-apple-root-bug-patch/ Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101981 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039875 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/11/macos-bug-lets-you-log-in-as-admin-with-no-password-required/ Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/9302 github.com
- https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x24.html Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT208315 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT208331 support.apple.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43201/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43248/ www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.wired.com/story/macos-update-undoes-apple-root-bug-patch/ Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory