CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-1851

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2016-05-20 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2016-05-20
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected]): 4.6 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

The Screen Lock feature in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 mishandles password profiles, which allows physically proximate attackers to reset expired passwords in the lock-screen state via unspecified vectors.

Affected configurations

• apple mac os x (<= 10.11.4)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90696 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035895 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://support.apple.com/HT206567 Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90696 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035895 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://support.apple.com/HT206567 Vendor Advisory