CVE-2017-13872

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 v3.0

8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

36.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 98th percentile

Published

2017-11-29

Updated

2024-08-05

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/vnc/ard_root_pw.rb

ExploitDB entries (2)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43248
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43201

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-13869
• CVE-2017-13875
• CVE-2017-13868
• CVE-2017-13876
• CVE-2017-13867
• CVE-2017-13878