{"id":"CVE-2017-7149","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-7149","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:47:28.508Z","title":"It allows attackers to discover passwords for APFS encrypted volumes by reading Disk Utility hints, because the stored hint value was accidentally set to the password itself, not the entered hint value.","description":"An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 Supplemental Update is affected. The issue involves the \"StorageKit\" component. It allows attackers to discover passwords for APFS encrypted volumes by reading Disk Utility hints, because the stored hint value was accidentally set to the password itself, not the entered hint value.","published":"2017-10-23T01:29:14.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:23:46.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"product-security@apple.com","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":[],"affected":["apple/mac os x"],"epss":{"score":0.00498,"percentile":0.42468,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101178","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039513","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://hackernoon.com/new-macos-high-sierra-vulnerability-exposes-the-password-of-an-encrypted-apfs-container-b4f2f5326e79","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/10/05/urgent-update-your-mac-again-right-now/","tags":["Exploit","Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT208165","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/05/apple_patches_password_hint_bug_that_revealed_password/","tags":["Exploit","Press/Media Coverage","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101178","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039513","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://hackernoon.com/new-macos-high-sierra-vulnerability-exposes-the-password-of-an-encrypted-apfs-container-b4f2f5326e79","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/10/05/urgent-update-your-mac-again-right-now/","tags":["Exploit","Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT208165","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/05/apple_patches_password_hint_bug_that_revealed_password/","tags":["Exploit","Press/Media Coverage","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7149","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."}