CVE-2013-5136

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-10-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Apple Remote Desktop before 3.7 does not properly use server authentication-type information during decisions about whether to present an unencrypted-connection warning message, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information in opportunistic circumstances by sniffing the network during an unintended cleartext VNC session.

Affected products

Apple Remote Desktop: through 3.6.2; 3.0.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.3 (+10)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00008.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00008.html

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