{"id":"CVE-2017-15918","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-15918","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T23:38:37.029Z","title":"This makes privilege escalation trivial and also exposes the user and system keychains to local attacks.","description":"Sera 1.2 stores the user's login password in plain text in their home directory. This makes privilege escalation trivial and also exposes the user and system keychains to local attacks.","published":"2017-11-01T17:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:08:28.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-522"],"affected":["ignitum/sera"],"epss":{"score":0.01151,"percentile":0.66746,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2017-12-06","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":43221,"kind":"exploit","title":"Sera 1.2 - Local Privilege Escalation / Password Disclosure","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43221","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/macos/local/43221.sh","file":"exploits/macos/local/43221.sh","published":"2017-12-06","added":"2017-12-06","updated":"2017-12-06","author":"Mark Wadham","type":"local","platform":"macos","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2017-15918"],"tags":"Local","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comSeraOSX-160506.zip","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715918-sera-12-local-root-privesc-and-password-disclosure.html"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.2%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715918-sera-12-local-root-privesc-and-password-disclosure.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43221/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715918-sera-12-local-root-privesc-and-password-disclosure.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43221/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15918","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}