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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…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.37%
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- apple
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium4.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- https://support.apple.com/HT206567 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-4 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 90696 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1035895 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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