CVE-2016-1851 Information

Description

The Screen Lock feature in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 mishandles password profiles which allows physically proximate attackers to reset expired passwords in the lock-screen state via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90696 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035895 https://support.apple.com/HT206567

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

4.6