Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3 access control

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Quartz Composer in Apple Mac OS X before 10.7.4, when the RSS Visualizer screensaver is enabled, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and launch a Safari process via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 05/10/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-0657 since 01/12/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59066 (Mac OS X 10.7.x < 10.7.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEAST)), 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 120219 (Apple Mac OS X Lion v10.7.4 and Security Update 2012-002 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2012-05-09-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (75488), Tenable (59066), SecurityFocus (BID 53473†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-44746†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4791, VDB-5399, VDB-5404 and VDB-5409.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 59066
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.7.x < 10.7.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEAST)
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OpenVAS ID: 802794
OpenVAS Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (2012-002)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.4

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01/12/2012 🔍
05/09/2012 +118 days 🔍
05/10/2012 +1 days 🔍
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06/02/2014 +753 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +294 days 🔍
01/04/2025 +3575 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: lists.apple.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-0657 (🔍)
X-Force: 75488
SecurityFocus: 53473
Vulnerability Center: 44746 - Apple Mac OS X <10.7.4 Local Security Bypass in Quartz Composer, Low

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM
Updated: 01/04/2025 09:35 PM
Changes: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM (63), 05/29/2017 10:31 AM (3), 12/01/2021 07:16 PM (3), 01/04/2025 09:35 PM (18)
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