Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in macOS - CVE-2013-1027

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in macOS - CVE-2013-1027

Published: September 16, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42570
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1027
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Installer in Apple Mac OS X before 10.8.5 provides an option to continue a package's installation after encountering a revoked certificate, which might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted package.


Affected software

macOS

How to mitigate CVE-2013-1027

Install update from vendor's website.


External References

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