Apple Mac OS X CVE-2013-5168 Security Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	63322
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2013-5168
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 22 2013 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 22 2013 12:00AM
Credit:	Aaron Sigel of vtty.com
Vulnerable:	Apple Mac OS X 10.8.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.8.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.8.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.8.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.7.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.6 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.5 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.3 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.8.3 Apple Mac OS X 10.8 Apple Mac OS X 10.7.4 Apple Mac OS X 10.7.3 Apple Mac OS X 10.7.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.7.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.7 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.8 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.7
Not Vulnerable:	Apple Mac OS X 10.9

Apple Mac OS X CVE-2013-5168 Security Bypass Vulnerability

Apple Mac OS X is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability that may result in the execution of arbitrary applications.

An attacker can invoke arbitrary applications on an affected computer by enticing an unsuspecting user to click on a specially crafted log entry. Consequences to the user will vary depending on which application is invoked.

Note: This issue was previously covered in BID 63282 (Apple Mac OS X APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities), but has been given its own record to better document it.

Apple Mac OS X CVE-2013-5168 Security Bypass Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Apple Mac OS X CVE-2013-5168 Security Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Apple Mac OS X CVE-2013-5168 Security Bypass Vulnerability

References:

• Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Homepage (Cisco)
  
• Mac OS X Homepage (Apple)
  
• APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3 OS X Mavericks v10.9 (Apple)