Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8.5 Screen Lock access control

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A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8.5 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Screen Lock. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Screen Lock in Apple Mac OS X before 10.8.5 does not properly track sessions, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass locking by leveraging screen-sharing access.

The weakness was published 09/12/2013 by Jeff Grisso and Sébastien Stormacq as Security Update 2013-004 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-1033 since 01/10/2013. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69877 (Mac OS X 10.8.x < 10.8.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121456 (Apple Mountain Lion v10.8.5 and Security Update 2013-004 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2013-09-12-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.8.5 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at support.apple.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (87115), Tenable (69877), SecurityFocus (BID 62378†), OSVDB (97283†) and Secunia (SA54829†). Additional details are provided at support.apple.com. Similar entries are available at VDB-7841, VDB-8167, VDB-10298 and VDB-10299. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 69877
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.8.x < 10.8.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.8.5

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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: Security Update 2013-004
Researcher: Jeff Grisso, Sébastien Stormacq
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-1033 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1033
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-10300

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X-Force: 87115
SecurityFocus: 62378
Secunia: 54829 - Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 97283
Vulnerability Center: 41664 - Apple Mac OS X before 10.8.5 Remote Bypass Restrictions Vulnerability in Screen Lock, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 09/17/2013 07:55 PM
Updated: 01/02/2025 06:25 PM
Changes: 09/17/2013 07:55 PM (79), 06/07/2017 02:50 PM (1), 05/24/2021 06:56 PM (3), 01/02/2025 06:25 PM (16)
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