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CVE-2017-7149

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products.

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.5%
percentile 43%
Public exploits
0
none known

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 Supplemental Update is affected. The issue involves the "StorageKit" component. It allows attackers to discover passwords for APFS encrypted volumes by reading Disk Utility hints, because the stored hint value was accidentally set to the password itself, not the entered hint value.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.50% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.02.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

  • hackernoon.com /new-macos-high-sierra-vulnerability-exposes-the-password-of-an-encrypted-apfs-container-b · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • support.apple.com /HT208165 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1039513 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • theregister.co.uk /2017/10/05/apple_patches_password_hint_bug_that_revealed_password/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/101178 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • nakedsecurity.sophos.com /2017/10/05/urgent-update-your-mac-again-right-now/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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