CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-6988

5.9 MEDIUM Published 2017-05-22 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-05-22
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-295

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. The issue involves the "802.1X" component. It allows remote attackers to discover the network credentials of arbitrary users by operating a crafted network that requires 802.1X authentication, because EAP-TLS certificate validation mishandles certificate changes.

Affected configurations

• apple mac os x (<= 10.12.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation weakness

References