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.

Affected

macOS High Sierra

CVSS v3.0 NVD

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

CVSS v2.0 NVD

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 (2)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/osx/local/root_no_password.rb
• 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

Security advisories

• https://support.apple.com/HT208315
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101981
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039875
• https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/11/macos-bug-lets-you-log-in-as-admin…
• https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x24.html
• https://www.wired.com/story/macos-update-undoes-apple-root-bug-patch

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry