Bypassing Password Requirement in Apple Mac OS X through 10.6.8 via IOGraphics Vulnerability

Bypassing Password Requirement in Apple Mac OS X through 10.6.8 via IOGraphics Vulnerability

CVE-2011-3214 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

IOGraphics in Apple Mac OS X through 10.6.8 does not properly handle a locked-screen state in display sleep mode for an Apple Cinema Display, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the password requirement via unspecified vectors.

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