Description
Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 does not preserve a certain administrative system-preferences setting across software updates, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging an unintended security configuration after the completion of an update.
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
0.0115
EPSS Percentile
63.7%
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