CVE-2017-13872
CVE-2017-13872
Vexday Risk Score
50Attention
SSVC decision (CISA)
Attend
PoC available → attend closely
Exploit maturity
Functional exploit
Automatable exploit available (Nuclei/Metasploit).
CVSS —EPSS 36.9%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit simPatch —
Lifecycle
28 Nov 2017Public PoC
29 Nov 2017Metasploit module available
29 Nov 2017Published on NVD
Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.
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
githubgithub.com/giovannidispoto/CVE-2017-13872-Patch★ 0cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/43201/unverifiedcve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/43248/unverifiedexploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/43248unverifiedexploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/43201unverified⚠ 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