Vulnerability CVE-2017-7143


Published: 2017-10-22   Modified: 2017-10-23

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.

Type:

CWE-noinfo

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Apple -> Mac os x 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100993
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039427
https://support.apple.com/HT208144

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