CVE-2013-5229

Severity: low (CVSS 3.7 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-11-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-254

Description

The Remote Desktop full-screen feature in Apple OS X before 10.9 and Apple Remote Desktop before 3.7 sends dialog-box text to a connected remote host upon being woken from sleep, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by entering a command in this box.

Affected products

Apple Remote Desktop: through 3.6.2
macOS: through 10.8.5

References

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN56210048/741993/index.html
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN56210048/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000177
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034187
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN56210048/741993/index.html
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN56210048/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000177
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034187

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