CVE-2017-13872

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 High 8.1
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-13872
  • Assigner
  • product-security@apple.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-11-29T17:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-12-30T02:29:01
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-287 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.1
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://support.apple.com/HT208315 Vendor Advisory
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/11/macos-bug-lets-you-log-in-as-admin-with-no-password-required/ Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x24.html Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039875 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101981 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.wired.com/story/macos-update-undoes-apple-root-bug-patch/ Press/Media Coverage Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43201/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43248/
https://support.apple.com/HT208331
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/9302
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13872
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-13872
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:53:56 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 23:31:25 2017-11-29T17:29Z 2017-11-29T17:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 23:31:25 2017-12-30T02:29:01 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 23:31:25 Modified Vulnerability Status updated