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0 pointstimsutton8y ago0 comments

`sudo dscl . -read Users/root accountPolicyData`

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edjw8y ago

When you do this you'll get the creationTime and passwordLastSetTime as seconds since the 'epoch' – January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 (UTC). These are numbers like 1474441704.265237 which aren't very easy for a human to read :-)

To convert this into a human-readable date and time, open a terminal and do this:

  python

  >>> import time

  >>> time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S", time.localtime(1474441704.265237))

You'll get something like 'Wed, 21 Sep 2016 07:08:24'

(I'm sure you can do this in other languages than python...)

fauigerzigerk8y ago

If you're already in the terminal you could instead enter

  date -r 1474441704

edjw8y ago

This is a much better answer!

mhandley8y ago

One of my Macs is showing a root password change date of Nov 10th 2017. I can't explain that, so I'm reinstalling now. It did have sshd enabled and remotely accessible, though I thought root login was prohibited.

If I understood correctly, this particular bug was only exploitable from the GUI and this machine hasn't been away from home, so it's likely this isn't related, but posting here, in case it's part of a bigger picture.

marcelfahle8y ago

OK, I guess when doing OP's root trick, the root user gets activated/created, and that's that's when the PW gets set to empty. I guess that's where my passwordLastSetTime comes from.

haZard_OS8y ago

This works remotely as well (although not through SSH, obviously).

danielrangel8y ago

possibly the same timestamp here: 1510300538.767916 'Fri, 10 Nov 2017 04:55:38'

gurkendoktor8y ago

Oh wow. Is there any other explanation for this other than this having been exploited in the wild for almost three weeks? Or maybe someone just tried to log in over SSH to exploit some other weakness (something like predictable SSH passwords on jailbroken iOS devices), and happened to create the root user on your machine?

Did you also have sshd running, and do you know what kind of network you were using at the time?

marcelfahle8y ago

My root pw passwordLastSetTime says this morning.. the fuck??

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edjw8y ago

To convert this into a human-readable date and time, open a terminal and do this:

  python

  >>> import time

  >>> time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S", time.localtime(1474441704.265237))

You'll get something like 'Wed, 21 Sep 2016 07:08:24'

(I'm sure you can do this in other languages than python...)

fauigerzigerk8y ago

If you're already in the terminal you could instead enter

  date -r 1474441704

edjw8y ago

This is a much better answer!

mhandley8y ago

marcelfahle8y ago

OK, I guess when doing OP's root trick, the root user gets activated/created, and that's that's when the PW gets set to empty. I guess that's where my passwordLastSetTime comes from.

haZard_OS8y ago

This works remotely as well (although not through SSH, obviously).

danielrangel8y ago

possibly the same timestamp here: 1510300538.767916 'Fri, 10 Nov 2017 04:55:38'

gurkendoktor8y ago

Did you also have sshd running, and do you know what kind of network you were using at the time?

marcelfahle8y ago

My root pw passwordLastSetTime says this morning.. the fuck??

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse