CVE-2013-5189
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Published: October 24, 2013 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:58 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendormacOS
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (1)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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