CVE-2008-3610

high

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45170

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189

http://securitytracker.com/id?1020878

http://secunia.com/advisories/31882

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-09-16

Updated: 2017-08-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High