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CVE-2012-0656 Details

Description

Race condition in LoginUIFramework in Apple Mac OS X 10.7.x before 10.7.4, when the Guest account is enabled, allows physically proximate attackers to login to arbitrary accounts by entering the account name and no password.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html CVEVendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281 CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53445 CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53459 CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html [email protected]Vendor Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
apple mac os x
10.7.0
10.7.1
10.7.2
10.7.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-0656
NVD Published Date:
May 11, 2012
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]