CVE-2005-2742

SecurityAgent in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2, under certain circumstances, can cause the "Switch User..." button to appear even though the "Enable fast user switching" setting is disabled, which can allow attackers with physical access to gain access to the desktop and bypass the "Require password to wake this computer from sleep or screen saver" setting.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.6 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2005-10-26

Last modified

2024-09-17

Affected products

• Mac Os X (Apple)
• Mac Os X Server (Apple)

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/
• http://www.auscert.org.au/5509
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml