CVE-2017-7149

Apple Security Advisory 2017-10-05-1

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Se ha descubierto un problema en ciertos productos Apple. Se han visto afectadas las versiones de macOS anteriores a la 10.13 Supplemental Update. El problema implica el componente "StorageKit". Permite que atacantes averigüen las contraseñas para volúmenes codificados por APFS leyendo sugerencias de Disk Utility debido a que el valor de sugerencia almacenado se ha establecido accidentalmente como la propia contraseña, no como el valor de sugerencia introducido.

macOS High Sierra 10.13 Supplemental Update is now available and addresses a password hint issue and keychain extraction vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-03-17 CVE Reserved
2017-10-05 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101178	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039513	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://hackernoon.com/new-macos-high-sierra-vulnerability-exposes-the-password-of-an-encrypted-apfs-container-b4f2f5326e79	2024-08-05
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/10/05/urgent-update-your-mac-again-right-now	2024-08-05
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/05/apple_patches_password_hint_bug_that_revealed_password	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://support.apple.com/HT208165	2019-10-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				<= 10.13 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version " <= 10.13"		-		Affected