CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-4170

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Published: Apr 03, 2018 | Modified: Oct 03, 2019
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Weakness

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mac_os_x Apple * 10.13.4 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References