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CVE-2017-13872
high
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.
From the Tenable Blog
Detecting macOS High Sierra root account vulnerability (CVE-2017-13872)
Published: 2017-11-29
On November 28, 2017 a software developer (Lemi Orhan Ergin) reported a critical flaw in macOS High Sierra which allows any local user to log in as root without a password after multiple attempts.
References
https://www.wired.com/story/macos-update-undoes-apple-root-bug-patch/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43248/
https://support.apple.com/HT208331
https://support.apple.com/HT208315
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/9302