VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-2488
A cryptographic weakness existed in the authentication protocol of Remote Desktop.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.59%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A cryptographic weakness existed in the authentication protocol of Remote Desktop. This issue was addressed by implementing the Secure Remote Password authentication protocol. This issue is fixed in Apple Remote Desktop 3.9. An attacker may be able to capture cleartext passwords.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.59% probability · 47th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-327
- Affected
- apple/remote desktop
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207622Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207622Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.