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.
Published: 2017-11-29
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: 76.7% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:13:41.072Z

Reserved: 2017-08-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-13872

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-29T17:29:00.217

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-13872

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