SB2013102415 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Apple MAC OS X
Published: October 24, 2013 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013102415
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5189)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 does not preserve a certain administrative system-preferences setting across software updates, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging an unintended security configuration after the completion of an update.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.