CVE-2013-0966

medium
Published 2013-03-15 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
6.4

Description

The Apple mod_hfs_apple module for the Apache HTTP Server in Apple Mac OS X before 10.8.3 does not properly handle ignorable Unicode characters, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended directory authentication requirements via a crafted pathname in a URI.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macos10.6.8affected
macos macos10.7.0affected
macos macos10.7.1affected
macos macos10.7.2affected
macos macos10.7.3affected
macos macos10.7.4affected
macos macos10.7.5affected
macos macos10.8.0affected
macos macos10.8.1affected
macos macos10.8.2affected

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.