CVE-2017-13872: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 36.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.13.0 only; version 10.13.1 only

Published 2017-11-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.