CVE-2013-5169 — CoreGraphics in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9, when display-sleep mode is used, does not ensure that screen locking blocks the visibility of all windows, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the screen

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CoreGraphics in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9, when display-sleep mode is used, does not ensure that screen locking blocks the visibility of all windows, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the screen

Published Oct 24, 2013

1.9

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.34%

Description

CoreGraphics in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9, when display-sleep mode is used, does not ensure that screen locking blocks the visibility of all windows, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the screen.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.34% 0.00343

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00343

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 (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	0.34% (0.00343)	25.52th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.34% (0.00343)	25.93th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.13% (0.00131)	30.19th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.07% (0.00065)	30.55th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 29, 2024	0.06% (0.00061)	24.80th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.06% (0.00059)	22.79th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.05% (0.00054)	18.75th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.07% (0.00074)	30.11th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (1)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Oct 24, 2013

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Aug 15, 2013

Link CVE-2013-5169

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2013-5169

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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