Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

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 attackers to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging an unintended security configuration after the completion of an update.

  • Published: Oct 24, 2013
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2013-5189
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CWEs:

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 10.8.5 10.8.5.x
apple / mac_os_x 10.8.2 10.8.2.x