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CVE-2016-1851

medium

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.

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035895

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90696

https://support.apple.com/HT206567

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-05-20

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.6

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00142