CVE-2017-2402

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. The issue involves mishandling of profile uninstall actions in the "MCX Client" component when a profile has multiple payloads. It allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging Active Directory certificate trust that should not have remained.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97140	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038138
https://support.apple.com/HT207615	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97140	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038138
https://support.apple.com/HT207615	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-04-02 01:59

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-2402

Mitre link : CVE-2017-2402

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-2402

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apple

mac_os_x

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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