Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 CoreGraphics access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component CoreGraphics. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-5171. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component CoreGraphics. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

CoreGraphics in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 allows local users to bypass secure input mode and log an arbitrary application s keystrokes via a hotkey event registration.

The weakness was shared 10/22/2013 with Apple as APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3 as confirmed mailinglist post (Apple Security Mailinglist). The advisory is shared for download at lists.apple.com. The mailinglist post contains:

By registering for a hotkey event, an unprivileged application could log keystrokes entered into other applications even when secure input mode was enabled. This issue was addressed by additional validation of hotkey events.
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-5171 since 08/15/2013. 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 MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70561 (Mac OS X 10.x < 10.9 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.

Upgrading to version 10.9 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (88226), Tenable (70561), SecurityFocus (BID 63314†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-45054†). The entries VDB-10327, VDB-10946, VDB-10932 and VDB-10931 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 70561
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.x < 10.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (BEAST)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.9

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2013-5171 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-5171
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-10904
X-Force: 88226
SecurityFocus: 63314 - Apple Mac OS X CVE-2013-5171 Security Bypass Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 45054 - Apple Mac OS X <10.9 Local Security Bypass via a Hotkey Event Registration, Low

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

Created: 10/23/2013 17:41
Updated: 05/31/2021 15:17
Changes: 10/23/2013 17:41 (69), 05/31/2017 08:52 (3), 05/31/2021 15:17 (3)
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