CVE-2012-0656 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Race condition in LoginUIFramework in Apple Mac OS X 10.7.x before 10.7.4, when the Guest account is enabled, allows physically proximate attackers to login to arbitrary accounts by entering the account name and no password.

Published: 2012-05-11

Score: 6.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.3:::::::*

No data.

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-0688	Race condition in LoginUIFramework in Apple Mac OS X 10.7.x before 10.7.4, when the Guest account is enabled, allows physically proximate attackers to login to arbitrary accounts by entering the account name and no password.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00267.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53445
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53459

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2012-05-11T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:30:53.774Z

Reserved: 2012-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-0656

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-05-11T03:49:58.980

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:38:01.200

Link: CVE-2012-0656

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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