Mobile Accounts in Apple Mac OS X before 10.7.5 and 10.8.x before 10.8.2 saves password hashes for external-account use even if external accounts are not enabled, which might allow remote attackers to determine passwords via unspecified access to a mobile account
Published Sep 20, 2012
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.44%
Description
Mobile Accounts in Apple Mac OS X before 10.7.5 and 10.8.x before 10.8.2 saves password hashes for external-account use even if external accounts are not enabled, which might allow remote attackers to determine passwords via unspecified access to a mobile account.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 10.7.4
- 10.0
- 10.0.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
- 10.0.3
- 10.0.4
- 10.1
- 10.1.0
- 10.1.1
- 10.1.2
- 10.1.3
- 10.1.4
- 10.1.5
- 10.2
- 10.2.0
- 10.2.1
- 10.2.2
- 10.2.3
- 10.2.4
- 10.2.5
- 10.2.6
- 10.2.7
- 10.2.8
- 10.3
- 10.3.0
- 10.3.1
- 10.3.2
- 10.3.3
- 10.3.4
- 10.3.5
- 10.3.6
- 10.3.7
- 10.3.8
- 10.3.9
- 10.4
- 10.4.0
- 10.4.1
- 10.4.2
- 10.4.3
- 10.4.4
- 10.4.5
- 10.4.6
- 10.4.7
- 10.4.8
- 10.4.9
- 10.4.10
- 10.4.11
- 10.5
- 10.5.0
- 10.5.1
- 10.5.2
- 10.5.3
- 10.5.4
- 10.5.5
- 10.5.6
- 10.5.7
- 10.5.8
- 10.6.0
- 10.6.1
- 10.6.2
- 10.6.3
- 10.6.4
- 10.6.5
- 10.6.6
- 10.6.7
- 10.6.8
- 10.7.0
- 10.7.1
- 10.7.2
- 10.7.3
- 10.8.0
- 10.8.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.44% (0.01439) | 72.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.44% (0.01439) | 69.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.24% (0.00236) | 44.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00445) | 75.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00357) | 71.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 0.34% (0.00335) | 70.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00284) | 67.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00259) | 64.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 11, 2023 | 0.45% (0.00445) | 71.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.46% (0.00458) | 71.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 52.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 50.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 48.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 27.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (2)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory | |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.