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CVE-2017-13872
high
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.
From the Tenable Blog
Detecting macOS High Sierra root account vulnerability (CVE-2017-13872)
Published: 2017-11-29
On November 28, 2017 a software developer (Lemi Orhan Ergin) reported a critical flaw in macOS High Sierra which allows any local user to log in as root without a password after multiple attempts.