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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…
High8.1EPSS 36.8%
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- apple
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 36.8% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
- improper access control
- CWE-287 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-287 and its CVEs
Affected products
macOS High Sierra
- affected macOS High Sierra
References (10)
- https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x24.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT208331 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT208315 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/11/macos-bug-lets-you-log-in-as-admin-with-no-password-required/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1039875 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 43201 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/9302 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 43248 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 101981 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.wired.com/story/macos-update-undoes-apple-root-bug-patch/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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