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CVE-2013-5163

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.

Published: Oct 4, 2013
Updated: Nov 9, 2025
CVE: CVE-2013-5163
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: Medium
Score: 6.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

CWE-287

OWASP TOP 10:

A2 - Broken Authentication

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
apple / mac_os_x	10.8.3	10.8.3.x
apple / mac_os_x	-	10.8.5.x
apple / mac_os_x	10.8.4	10.8.4.x
apple / mac_os_x	10.8.1	10.8.1.x
apple / mac_os_x	10.8.0	10.8.0.x
apple / mac_os_x	10.8.2	10.8.2.x

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00000.html

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