CVE-2018-4170 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Apple MAC OS X

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 83.53%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple MAC OS XApple Macos High Sierra 10.13.4 Security Update 2018-002 Sierra AND Security Update 20
Timeline
PublishedApr 3
Latest updateMay 13

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. The issue involves the "Admin Framework" component. It allows local users to discover a password by listing a process and its arguments during sysadminctl execution.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDapple/mac_os_x< 10.13.4

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-m82x-pp2m-m8m7: An issue was discovered in certain Apple products↗2022-05-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Apple
CVE-2018-4170: macOS High Sierra 10.13.4, Security Update 2018-002 Sierra, and Security Update 2018-002 El Capitan↗2018-03-29
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