CVE-2013-5189

Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 does not preserve a certain administrative system-preferences setting across software updates, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging an unintended security configuration after the...

CVE-2013-5189

CVE-2013-5189 describes an issue in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 where an administrative system-preferences setting is not preserved across software updates. The root cause is the failure to maintain that setting after an update, which can allow context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access...