PT-2011-4307

CVE-2011-3214

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Published

2011-10-14

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Updated

2012-01-14

Description by

CVSS 2.0
4.6
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.6.8
Description The issue concerns the IOGraphics component in Apple Mac OS X, which fails to properly handle a locked-screen state when an Apple Cinema Display is in display sleep mode. This allows an attacker with physical access to bypass the password requirement.
Recommendations For Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.6.8, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent password bypass attacks.
Exploitability
Fix
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-264
Related identifiers
CVE-2011-3214
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