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Improper Authentication

CVE-2013-5163

Medium
6.6/10

Summary

Directory Services in Apple Mac OS X before 10.8.5 Supplemental Update allows local users to bypass password-based authentication and modify arbitrary Directory Services records via unspecified vectors.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Improper (or broken) authentication attacks are widespread, and have accounted for many of the worst data breaches in recent years. Improper authentication attacks are a class of vulnerabilities where an attacker impersonates a legitimate user by exploiting weaknesses in either session management or credential management to gain access to the user’s account. This can result in disclosure of sensitive information, and can lead to system compromise, theft, identity theft, and fraud.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published