CVE-2016-1851

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

The Screen Lock feature in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 mishandles password profiles, which allows physically proximate attackers to reset expired passwords in the lock-screen state via unspecified vectors.

The Screen Lock feature in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 mishandles password profiles, which allows physically proximate attackers to reset expired passwords in the lock-screen state via unspecified vectors.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: physical. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 9 years ago

2016-05-20 11:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-12-02 22:39:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X

References

APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-4

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory

90696

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1035895

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://support.apple.com/HT206567

Vendor Advisory

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