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CVE-2013-5189

Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 does not preserve a certain administrative system-preferences setting across software updates, which allows context-dependent attack…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
AppleMac Os X
through 10.8.5
Versions 10.8.0, 10.8.1, 10.8.2, 10.8.3, 10.8.4

Weakness classification

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