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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-5029 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:26:23.153Z

Reserved: 2013-08-15T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2013-5189

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-10-24T03:48:52.487

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-5189

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