CVE-2008-3610

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.6 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-09-16

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-287

Affected products

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

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31882
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020878
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45170