SB2013060508 - Improper Authentication in Apple MAC OS X
Published: June 5, 2013 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013060508
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Improper Authentication (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0985)
CWE-ID: CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Disk Management in Apple Mac OS X before 10.8.4 does not properly authenticate attempts to disable FileVault, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (loss of encryption functionality) via an unspecified command line.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.