Auth bypass in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2013-0985

Disk Management in Apple Mac OS X before 10.8.4 does not properly authenticate attempts to disable FileVault, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (loss of encryption functionality) via an unspecified command line.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.002 (8.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Apple Mac_os_x — versions 10.8.0, 10.8.1, 10.8.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
product-security@apple.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Vendor Advisory)