CVE-2013-0969 Auth bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2013-0969?

CVE-2013-0969 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 15 Mar 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Login Window in Apple Mac OS X before 10.8.3 does not prevent application launching with the VoiceOver feature, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass authentication and make arbitrary System Preferences changes via unspecified use of the keyboard.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0969?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0969?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-0969 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2013-0969 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0969 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X

• CVE-2014-7169 GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-6271 GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2012-1823 PHP-CGI Query String Parameter Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-30713 Apple macOS Unspecified Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2019-8526 Apple macOS Use-After-Free Exploited High 7.8

All Apple Mac Os X vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-893r-c3v2-9hrw.