SB2013102417 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Apple MAC OS X
Published: October 24, 2013 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013102417
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5191)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The syslog implementation in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging access to the Guest account and reading console-log messages from previous Guest sessions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.