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Apple Remote Desktop Root Vulnerability

Created
06/14/2018

Description

Enable and set root account to a chosen password on unpatched macOS High Sierra hosts with either Screen Sharing or Remote Management enabled.

Author(s)

  • jgor

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use auxiliary/scanner/vnc/ard_root_pw
msf auxiliary(ard_root_pw) > show actions
    ...actions...
msf auxiliary(ard_root_pw) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(ard_root_pw) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(ard_root_pw) > run

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