Improper Authentication in macOS - CVE-2013-5163
Published: October 4, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42488
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5163
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apple Inc.
Affected software:
macOS
macOS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.
Directory Services in Apple Mac OS X before 10.8.5 Supplemental Update allows local users to bypass password-based authentication and modify arbitrary Directory Services records via unspecified vectors. per http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00000.html version 10.8.5 is vulnerable.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-5163
Install update from vendor's website.