CVE-2013-5135 describes a format string vulnerability in the Screen Sharing Server of Apple Mac OS X (before 10.9) and Apple Remote Desktop (before 3.5.4). This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting format string specifiers into a VNC username. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_remote_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_remote_desktop:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_remote_desktop:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_remote_desktop:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_remote_desktop:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.