macOS High Sierra Logs Encryption Passwords in Plaintext for APFS External Drives

guest · Mar 27, 2018

macOS High Sierra Logs Encryption Passwords in Plaintext for APFS External Drives
March 27, 2018
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...swords-in-plaintext-for-apfs-external-drives/

macOS High Sierra users are once again impacted by a major APFS bug after two other major vulnerabilities affected Apple's new filesystem format in the last five months.

The issue, if exploited, could allow an attacker easy access to the encryption password of encrypted APFS external volumes, such as USB thumb drives, portable hard drives, and other external storage mediums.

This bug goes against all well-established Apple development and security rules, according to which apps and utilities should use the Keychain app to store valuable information, and should definitely avoid storing passwords in cleartext.

The bug affects versions of macOS High Sierra from v10.13 to the recent v10.13.3, but in different manners. [...]
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