Improper Authentication in macOS - CVE-2013-5163

 

Improper Authentication in macOS - CVE-2013-5163

Published: October 4, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42488
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5163
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

macOS

How to mitigate CVE-2013-5163

Install update from vendor's website.


External References

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