Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
Unscored CVE-2017-7143 EUVD-2017-16181GHSA-hg8f-92x2-c6m7

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the "Captive Network Assistant" compo…

Published Oct 23, 2017 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by apple

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.

Advisories 1

References