CVE-2017-13872
50Vexday Risk Score
Patch soon. It has a working public exploit.
ssvc Attendepss 37%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDNov 29
1st PoCNov 28
metasploitNov 29
exploitation probability
37%top 2% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
5 public exploit(s)
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 products
n/a · macOS High Sierrapublic PoCs found — 5✓ VexDay Proof
exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/43248exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/43201githubgithub.com/giovannidispoto/CVE-2017-13872-Patch★ 0cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/43201/unverifiedcve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/43248/unverified⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/11/macos-bug-lets-you-log-in-as-admin-with-no-password-required/https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/9302https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x24.htmlhttps://support.apple.com/HT208315https://support.apple.com/HT208331https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43201/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43248/https://www.wired.com/story/macos-update-undoes-apple-root-bug-patch/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101981http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039875