PT-2017-17538 · Apple · Apple Macos

Matthew Green · Published 2017-10-23 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-7143

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 10.13

Description The issue involves the Captive Network Assistant component, which has a UI error. This error can lead to cleartext transmission of passwords without the user's awareness when using the captive portal browser. Remote attackers can discover cleartext passwords by sniffing the network during use of the captive portal browser in opportunistic circumstances.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 10.13, update to version 10.13 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-319

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-7143

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7143 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7143 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT208144 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/100993 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039427 · Note