How to Fix the Top 11 OS X Vulnerabilities | UpGuard

This report catalogs multiple historical OS X vulnerabilities (CVE-listed) affecting components such as Dock, Mail, Keychain, LaunchServices, App Store, PDF handling, documentation updates, Finder trash handling, Kerberos-enabled Mail, HFS mounting, and error logging; impacts include information disclosure, local denial-of-service, bypassing screen-lock, and potential root privilege escalation. Most issues affect older OS X releases and the report recommends upgrading or applying patches as remediation, noting UpGuard's OVAL-backed scanner for identifying at-risk nodes.