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 "Directory Utility"...
- Published
- Nov 29, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Evidence observed
- Nov 28, 2017
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CModerate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 98.4%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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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.
Sources
4- CVE-2017-13872-PatchExploit
Exploit for CVE-2017-13872 that escalates privileges by changing the root password on vulnerable systems. Requires execution and provides new root access.
- rootOSExploit
macOS Privilege Escalation Helper
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