# CVE-2013-0969: Login Window in Apple Mac OS X before 10.8.3 does not prevent application launching with the VoiceOver feature, which allows physically prox

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2013-03-15 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Login Window in Apple Mac OS X before 10.8.3 does not prevent application launching with the VoiceOver feature, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass authentication and make arbitrary System Preferences changes via unspecified use of the keyboard.

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## References

- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00002.html

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