Improper Authentication in macOS - CVE-2013-0985
Published: June 5, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42804
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0985
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 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-0985
Install update from vendor's website.