CVE-2016-1851

published 2016-05-20

CVE-2016-1851: 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…

Priority P4 16 medium 4.6 CVSS 3.0

AV P AC L PR N UI N S U C N I H A N

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.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	mac_os_x	<= 10.11.4	—
apple	os_x_el_capitan_v10.11.5_and_security_update_2016-003	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 4.6 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

nvd v2.0 2.1 LOW AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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