CVE-2009-2836 (GCVE-0-2009-2836)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-11-10 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:07
VLAI
Summary
Race condition in Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.x before 10.6.2, when at least one account has a blank password, allows attackers to bypass password authentication and obtain login access to an arbitrary account via unspecified vectors.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36956 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2009-11-09 00:00
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