CVE-2009-2836

high

Description

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.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36956

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-11-10

Updated: 2009-11-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.2

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

Severity: Medium

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