CVE-2017-7149

high

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 Supplemental Update is affected. The issue involves the "StorageKit" component. It allows attackers to discover passwords for APFS encrypted volumes by reading Disk Utility hints, because the stored hint value was accidentally set to the password itself, not the entered hint value.

References

Advisories
More

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039513

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101178

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/05/apple_patches_password_hint_bug_that_revealed_password/

https://support.apple.com/HT208165

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/10/05/urgent-update-your-mac-again-right-now/

https://hackernoon.com/new-macos-high-sierra-vulnerability-exposes-the-password-of-an-encrypted-apfs-container-b4f2f5326e79

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-10-23

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00108