CVE-2017-2488

HIGH 7.5CVE-2017-2488 · Published 23/12/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-2488 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting remote desktop (apple).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.61%, higher than 49.4% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 3.9 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
remote desktop apple	`< 3.9`	`3.9`

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.

References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT207622 · Vendor Advisory

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