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Improper Access Control

CVE-2015-3757

Severity Low
Score 2.1/10

Summary

Apple OS X before 10.10.5 does not properly restrict access to the Date & Time preferences pane, which allows local users to spoof the time by visiting this pane.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published