CVE-2013-5135

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.9 Apple Remote Desktop versions prior to 3.5.4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a VNC username. This can be exploited by including format string specifiers in the username variable.

Recommendations For Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.9, update to version 10.9 or later. For Apple Remote Desktop versions prior to 3.5.4, update to version 3.5.4 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the VNC server until a patch is available.