Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8.5 Power Assertion Lock access control

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8.5 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block of the component Power Assertion Lock. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Power Management in Apple Mac OS X before 10.8.5 does not properly perform locking upon occurrences of a power assertion, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by visiting an unattended workstation on which a locking failure had prevented the startup of the screen saver.

The weakness was disclosed 09/12/2013 as Security Update 2013-004 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-1031 since 01/10/2013. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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 (87112), Tenable (69877), SecurityFocus (BID 62374†), OSVDB (97285†) and Secunia (SA54829†). Further details are available at support.apple.com. The entries VDB-7841, VDB-8167, VDB-10298 and VDB-10299 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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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
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CVE: CVE-2013-1031 (🔍)
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X-Force: 87112
SecurityFocus: 62374
Secunia: 54829 - Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 97285
Vulnerability Center: 41662 - Apple Mac OS X before 10.8.5 Local Bypass Security Vulnerability in Power Management, Low

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 09/18/2013 10:41 AM
Updated: 01/02/2025 06:25 PM
Changes: 09/18/2013 10:41 AM (78), 05/12/2017 09:10 AM (1), 05/24/2021 07:19 PM (3), 01/02/2025 06:25 PM (16)
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