certfr_avis - CERTFR-2017-AVI-435

CERTFR-2017-AVI-435

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

Solution

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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 – Updated: 2024-08-05 19:13

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.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

improper access control

Assigner

apple

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/20…	x_refsource_MISC
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039875	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43201/	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
	https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pu…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43248/	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101981	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
	https://www.wired.com/story/macos-update-undoes-a…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

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

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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