Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 23, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-7143

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the "Captive Network Assistant" component. It allows remote attackers to discover cleartext passwords in opportunistic circumstances by sniffing the network during use of the captive portal browser, which has a UI error that can lead to cleartext transmission without the user's awareness.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Mac OS X
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=10.12.6

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/100993nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1039427nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
support.apple.com/HT208144nvdVendor Advisory

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