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CVE-2012-0656

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0656 describes a race condition in Apple Mac OS X 10.7.x before 10.7.4, specifically within the LoginUIFramework when the Guest account is enabled. This vulnerability allows a physically proximate attacker to log into arbitrary user accounts without a password by exploiting the race condition during login. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
18.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0027 is in the 9th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT5281
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/53445
securityfocus.com / bid/53459