CVE-2017-7143

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.3%

Medium (5.5) in apple mac os x. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 27% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-319
Published: 2017-10-23
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:mac_os_x

References

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

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