{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2017-13872 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2017-13872 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2017-13872 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 29 Nov 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2017-13872 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2017-13872 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 29 Nov 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2017-13872 exists.\n\nAffected product: Apple Mac Os X. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-13872/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-13872/index.md)","id":"CVE-2017-13872","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-13872/index.md","name":"CVE-2017-13872","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-69wx-h62r-474c"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"macOS Directory Utility","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can gain administrator access without a password by exploiting the Directory Utility component in macOS High Sierra.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"apple","cpe":[{"product":"mac_os_x","vendor":"apple"}],"cvss":{"score":8.1,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-287","name":"Improper Authentication"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":2,"first_seen":"2017-11-28","github_poc":1,"max_poc_stars":0,"metasploit":2,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2017-11-28","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"43248","stars":null,"title":"Apple macOS 10.13.1 (High Sierra) - 'Blank Root' Local Privilege Escalation"},{"date":"2017-11-29","kind":"metasploit","ref":"exploit/osx/local/root_no_password","stars":null,"title":"Mac OS X Root Privilege Escalation"},{"date":"2017-11-30","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"43201","stars":null,"title":"Apple macOS 10.13.1 (High Sierra) - 'Blank Root' Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)"},{"date":"2017-11-30T08:22:00Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/giovannidispoto/CVE-2017-13872-Patch","stars":0,"title":null},{"date":null,"kind":"metasploit","ref":"auxiliary/scanner/vnc/ard_root_pw","stars":null,"title":"Apple Remote Desktop Root Vulnerability"}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Auth bypass in macOS High Sierra","id":"CVE-2017-13872","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"apple:mac_os_x","products":["apple:mac_os_x"],"type":"auth_bypass","year":"2017"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":10,"next":{"headline":"Information disclosure in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-13873"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Information disclosure in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-13871"},"products":["macOS High Sierra"],"published":"2017-11-29","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution","id":"CVE-2014-7169","kev_date_added":"2022-01-28","published":"2014-09-25"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution","id":"CVE-2014-6271","kev_date_added":"2022-01-28","published":"2014-09-24"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"PHP-CGI Query String Parameter","id":"CVE-2012-1823","kev_date_added":"2022-03-25","published":"2012-05-11"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Apple macOS Unspecified","id":"CVE-2021-30713","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2021-09-08"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Apple macOS Use-After-Free","id":"CVE-2019-8526","kev_date_added":"2023-04-17","published":"2019-12-18"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Apple OS X Authentication Bypass","id":"CVE-2015-1130","kev_date_added":"2022-02-10","published":"2015-04-10"},{"cvss_score":5.5,"headline":"Apple macOS Out-of-Bounds Read","id":"CVE-2022-22674","kev_date_added":"2022-04-04","published":"2022-05-26"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"BSD-3-Clause","name":"Metasploit"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"GPL-2.0-or-later","name":"Exploit-DB"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-05","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Attackers can gain administrator access without a password by exploiting the Directory Utility component in macOS High Sierra.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-13872/"}