CVE-2013-5165

Apple Mac OS X <10.9 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

socketfilterfw in Application Firewall in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 does not properly implement the --blockApp option, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a network connection to an application for which blocking was configured.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0164
EPSS Percentile 73.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (7)
apple/mac_os_x 10.8.0
apple/mac_os_x 10.8.1
apple/mac_os_x 10.8.2
apple/mac_os_x 10.8.3
apple/mac_os_x 10.8.4
apple/mac_os_x 10.8.5
apple/mac_os_x < 10.8.5
Published Oct 24, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026