CVE-2013-5163 Auth bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2013-5163?

CVE-2013-5163 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 4 Oct 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5163?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2013-5163?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5163 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-2013-5163 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5163 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-w893-7wj8-65rv.