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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8.5 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Directory Services. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was published 10/03/2013 with the rookies of 42 as confirmed mailinglist post (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at seclists.org. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-5163 since 08/15/2013. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70301 (Mac OS X 10.8 < 10.8.5 Supplemental Update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (87666) and Tenable (70301).

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Apple

Name

• Mac OS X

Version

• 10.8
• 10.8.1
• 10.8.2
• 10.8.3
• 10.8.4
• 10.8.5

License

• commercial

Support

• end of life

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
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VulDB Base Score: 🔍
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
Today	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

Nessus ID: 70301
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.8 < 10.8.5 Supplemental Update
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Port: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

08/15/2013 🔍
10/03/2013 +49 days 🔍
10/03/2013 +0 days 🔍
10/03/2013 +0 days 🔍
10/04/2013 +1 days 🔍
10/04/2013 +0 days 🔍
10/04/2013 +0 days 🔍
10/08/2013 +4 days 🔍
05/26/2021 +2787 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: seclists.org
Organization: the rookies of 42
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍
Coordinated: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2013-5163 (🔍)
X-Force: 87666
Vulnerability Center: 41802 - Apple MacOS X Directory Services 10.8.0 Before 10.8.5 Local Security Bypass Vulnerability Via Unspecified Vectors, High
SecurityFocus: 62812
OSVDB: 98090

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108

Entryinfo

Created: 10/04/2013 18:46
Updated: 05/26/2021 09:28
Changes: 10/04/2013 18:46 (47), 05/13/2017 09:30 (23), 05/26/2021 09:28 (3)
Complete: 🔍
Committer:

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