CVE-2017-13872

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
8.1
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
76.664

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in macOS High Sierra 10.13.2Mac
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in macOS High Sierra 10.13.2 Combo UpdateMac

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-601562macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 - Reboot Automatically
PATCH-601563macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Combo Update - Reboot Automatically

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234