CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-3610

Improper Authentication

Published: Sep 16, 2008 | Modified: Aug 08, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.6 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mac_os_x Apple 10.5 (including) 10.5 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.5.1 (including) 10.5.1 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.5.2 (including) 10.5.2 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.5.3 (including) 10.5.3 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.5.4 (including) 10.5.4 (including)
Mac_os_x_server Apple 10.5 (including) 10.5 (including)
Mac_os_x_server Apple 10.5.1 (including) 10.5.1 (including)
Mac_os_x_server Apple 10.5.2 (including) 10.5.2 (including)
Mac_os_x_server Apple 10.5.3 (including) 10.5.3 (including)
Mac_os_x_server Apple 10.5.4 (including) 10.5.4 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References