CVE-2013-5163 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2013-10-04

Score: 6.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.4:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-5003	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00041.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00000.html

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2013-10-04T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:50:38.861Z

Reserved: 2013-08-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-5163

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-10-04T10:44:07.430

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-5163

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-287

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