Apple Mac OS X 10.8.3 VoiceOver access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.8.3. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component VoiceOver. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-0969. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.8.3 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code block of the component VoiceOver. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Login Window in Apple Mac OS X before 10.8.3 does not prevent application launching with the VoiceOver feature, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass authentication and make arbitrary System Preferences changes via unspecified use of the keyboard.

The weakness was presented 03/14/2013 by Eric. A. Schulman with Purpletree Labs as HT5672 as confirmed advisory (Apple Security Announce). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Apple. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-0969 since 01/10/2013. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for 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 65577 (Mac OS X 10.8.x < 10.8.3 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 121020 (Apple Mountain Lion v10.8.3 and Security Update 2013-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2013-03-14-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.8.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch Security Update 2013-001 is able to eliminate this problem. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be patching the affected component. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (82842), Tenable (65577), SecurityFocus (BID 58512†), OSVDB (91298†) and Secunia (SA52643†). See VDB-6855, VDB-6902, VDB-7471 and VDB-7470 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 65577
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.8.x < 10.8.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.8.3
Patch: Security Update 2013-001

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT5672
Researcher: Eric. A. Schulman
Organization: Purpletree Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-0969 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0969
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-8013

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X-Force: 82842
SecurityFocus: 58512 - Apple Mac OS X CVE-2013-0969 Local Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 52643 - Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 91298
SecurityTracker: 1028294 - Mac OS X Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Local Users Modify the System Configuration
Vulnerability Center: 39303 - Apple MacOS X Before 10.8.3 Login Window Allows Authentication Bypass via Unspecified Use of Keyboard, Low

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/18/2013 08:23
Updated: 05/06/2021 13:07
Changes: 03/18/2013 08:23 (83), 04/28/2017 08:59 (5), 05/06/2021 13:07 (3)
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