High 7.5Published Oct 23, 2013

CVE-2013-5135Format string vulnerability in Screen Sharing Server in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 and Apple Remote Desktop before 3.5.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers…

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Format string vulnerability in Screen Sharing Server in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 and Apple Remote Desktop before 3.5.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a VNC username.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-134
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apple apple_remote_desktop apple:apple_remote_desktop	through 3.5.3; 3.0.0; 3.1; 3.2; 3.2.1; 3.2.2; 3.3; 3.3.1; and 5 more ranges	NVD
apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	through 10.8.5; 10.8.0; 10.8.1; 10.8.2; 10.8.3; 10.8.4; 10.8.5	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html	vendor-advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00007.html	vendor-advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00008.html	vendor-advisory

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