CVE-2017-7149

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 7 years ago

2017-10-23 01:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-03 00:03:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X

References

101178

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1039513

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://hackernoon.com/new-macos-high-sierra-vulnerability-exposes-the-password-of-an-encrypted-apfs-container-b4f2f5326e79

Exploit, Third Party Advisory

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/10/05/urgent-update-your-mac-again-right-now/

Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory

https://support.apple.com/HT208165

Vendor Advisory

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/05/apple_patches_password_hint_bug_that_revealed_password/

Exploit, Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory

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