CVE-2013-5229

low
Published 2015-11-14 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
3.7
VIR risk
3.7

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000177

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN56210048/741993/index.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
appleapple_remote_desktop{"endIncluding":"3.6.2"}

References

CWEs

CWE-254

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