CVE-2017-7143 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting macOS versions prior to 10.13, specifically within the Captive Network Assistant component. This flaw allows remote attackers to discover cleartext passwords by sniffing network traffic during captive portal browser usage, due to a user interface error that facilitates cleartext transmission without user awareness. The attack requires local access and low privileges, but can lead to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.12.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple: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:N/A:N
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