CVE-2018-4170
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. The issue...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. The issue involves the "Admin Framework" component. It allows local users to discover a password by listing a process and its arguments during sysadminctl execution.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. The issue involves the "Admin Framework" component. It allows local users to discover a password by listing a process and its arguments during sysadminctl execution.
- Record
CVE-2018-4170- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. The issue involves the "Admin Framework" component. It allows local users to discover a password by listing a process and its arguments during sysadminctl execution.
- Record
CVE-2018-4170- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-15956 No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. The issue involves the "Admin Framework" component. It allows local users to discover a password by listing a process and its arguments during sysadminctl execution.
- Record
EUVD-2018-15956- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m82x-pp2m-m8m7
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. The issue...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. The issue involves the "Admin Framework" component. It allows local users to discover a password by listing a process and its arguments during sysadminctl execution.
- Record
GHSA-m82x-pp2m-m8m7- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-4170 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Apple Mac Os X, published April 3, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 25th percentile. No source names a fixed version.