CVE-2005-1335

high

Description

Unknown vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.3.9 allows local users to gain privileges via (1) chfn, (2) chpass, and (3) chsh, which "use external helper programs in an insecure manner."

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/May/msg00001.html

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/331694

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-136A.html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2005-05-04

Updated: 2008-09-05

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: HIGH