Information disclosure in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2018-4217

In macOS High Sierra before 10.13.5, a privacy issue in the handling of Open Directory records was addressed with improved indexing.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-4217: held from 0.009 to 0.009.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-4217?
CVE-2018-4217 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-01-11.
How severe is CVE-2018-4217?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.