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7PK - Security Features

CVE-2015-5943

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

SecurityAgent in Apple OS X before 10.11.1 does not prevent synthetic clicks from reaching keychain windows, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted app.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-254 - Security Features

Security features are integrated into the application infrastructure to protect its resources and the trusted environment against a known exploit, threat, or vulnerability. However, flawed, disabled, or absent security features expose the application to a variety of attacks. This is a multidimensional vulnerability with broad potential impact. It can lead to defacement, confidentiality compromise, system takeover, etc.

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  • Published