CVE-2008-3610 (GCVE-0-2008-3610)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-16 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:45
VLAI
Summary
Race condition in Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4, when a blank-password account is enabled, allows attackers to bypass password authentication and login to any account via multiple attempts to login to the blank-password account, followed by selection of an arbitrary account from the user list.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020878 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-09-15 00:00
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