CVEvulnerability

CVE-2013-5189

5.8 MEDIUM Published 2013-10-24 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2013-10-24
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 5.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses: CWE-264

Description

Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 does not preserve a certain administrative system-preferences setting across software updates, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging an unintended security configuration after the completion of an update.

Affected configurations

• apple mac os x (<= 10.8.5) • apple mac os x 10.8.0 • apple mac os x 10.8.1 • apple mac os x 10.8.2 • apple mac os x 10.8.3 • apple mac os x 10.8.4 • apple mac os x 10.8.5

Weakness · not in database (1)

CWE-264

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html Vendor Advisory

CVE-2013-5189

Description

Affected configurations

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References