Description
The screen saver in Dock in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8 does not prevent four-finger Multi-Touch gestures, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass locking and "manage applications or use Expose" via unspecified vectors.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/56847
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/36096
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html
Patch vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35954
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52421
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0036
EPSS Percentile
28.6%
Details
Status
published
Products (18)
apple/mac_os_x
10.5.6 (2 CPE variants)
apple/mac_os_x
10.5
apple/mac_os_x
10.5.0
apple/mac_os_x
10.5.1
apple/mac_os_x
10.5.2 (2 CPE variants)
apple/mac_os_x
10.5.3
apple/mac_os_x
10.5.4
apple/mac_os_x
10.5.5
apple/mac_os_x
10.5.7
apple/mac_os_x_server
10.5
... and 8 more
Published
Aug 06, 2009
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026