CVE-2013-5189 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2013-5189?

CVE-2013-5189 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 24 Oct 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 does not preserve a certain administrative system-preferences setting across software updates, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging an unintended security configuration after the completion of an update.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5189?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2013-5189?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5189 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2013-5189 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5189 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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