CVE-2013-5229 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Remote Desktop full-screen feature in Apple OS X before 10.9 and Apple Remote Desktop before 3.7 sends dialog-box text to a connected remote host upon being woken from sleep, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by entering a command in this box.

Published: 2015-11-14

Score: 3.7 Low

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 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_remote_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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-2013-5069	The Remote Desktop full-screen feature in Apple OS X before 10.9 and Apple Remote Desktop before 3.7 sends dialog-box text to a connected remote host upon being woken from sleep, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by entering a command in this box.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00066.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN56210048/741993/index.html
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN56210048/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000177
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034187

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Apple Remote Desktop Mac Os X

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2015-11-14T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T17:06:52.352Z

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

Link: CVE-2013-5229

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-11-14T03:59:00.127

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2013-5229

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-254

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