CVE-2017-15918 describes a critical vulnerability in ignitum sera 1.2, where the user's login password is stored in plain text within their home directory. This flaw allows for trivial local privilege escalation and exposes system keychains to local attackers, as indicated by its CVSS score of 7.8 (High) and FAUCET Risk Score of 89/100. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, a public exploit (EDB-43221) exists, demonstrating its exploitability. Despite the high severity and available exploit, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ignitum:sera:1.2:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:* | ||
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ignitum:sera:1.2:*:*:*:*:mac_os_x:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.