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VPR Score: 5.9
Synopsis
The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes several security issues.
Description
The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.8.x that is prior to 10.8.3. The newer version contains multiple security-related fixes for the following components :
- Apache
- CoreTypes
- International Components for Unicode
- Identity Services
- ImageIO
- IOAcceleratorFamily
- Kernel
- Login Window
- Messages
- PDFKit
- QuickTime
- Security
Note that the update also runs a malware removal tool that will remove the most common variants of malware.
Solution
Upgrade to Mac OS X 10.8.3 or later.