certfr_avis - certfr-2017-avi-435

CERTFR-2017-AVI-435

Vulnerability from certfr_avis

Une vulnérabilité a été découverte dans Apple macOS High Sierra. Elle permet à un attaquant de provoquer une élévation de privilèges.

Solution

Se référer au bulletin de sécurité de l'éditeur pour l'obtention des correctifs (cf. section Documentation).

None

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Description
	Apple	macOS	macOS High Sierra version 10.13.1

References

Title

Publication Time

CVE-2017-13872 (GCVE-0-2017-13872)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2017-11-29 17:00

Modified

2024-08-05 19:13

Severity ?

CWE

improper access control

Summary

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.

References

URL

Tags

	https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x24.html	x_refsource_MISC
	https://support.apple.com/HT208331	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://support.apple.com/HT208315	x_refsource_MISC
	https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/11/macos-bug-lets-you-log-in-as-admin-with-no-password-required/	x_refsource_MISC
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039875	vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43201/	exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
	https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/9302	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43248/	exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101981	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
	https://www.wired.com/story/macos-update-undoes-apple-root-bug-patch/	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	macOS High Sierra	Version: macOS High Sierra

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

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