CVE-2008-3610

Apple Mac OS X 10.5-10.5.4 - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm

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 (7)

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

[Patch] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189

[US Government Resource] http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45170

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://securitytracker.com/id?1020878

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/31882

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584

Scores

EPSS 0.0026

EPSS Percentile 49.2%

Classification

CWE

CWE-287

Status draft

Affected Products (10)

apple/mac_os_x

apple/mac_os_x

apple/mac_os_x

apple/mac_os_x

apple/mac_os_x

apple/mac_os_x_server

apple/mac_os_x_server

apple/mac_os_x_server

apple/mac_os_x_server

apple/mac_os_x_server

Timeline

Published Sep 16, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026