CVE-2017-7143 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2017-7143?

CVE-2017-7143 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 23 Oct 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the "Captive Network Assistant" component. It allows remote attackers to discover cleartext passwords in opportunistic circumstances by sniffing the network during use of the captive portal browser, which has a UI error that can lead to cleartext transmission without the user's awareness.

Weakness: CWE-319

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7143?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2017-7143?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-7143 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-7143 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7143 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-hg8f-92x2-c6m7.