CVE - CVE-2008-3610

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-3610	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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APPLE:APPLE-SA-2008-09-15 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html BID:31189 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189 CERT:TA08-260A URL:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html SECTRACK:1020878 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1020878 SECUNIA:31882 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 VUPEN:ADV-2008-2584 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584~~ (Obsolete source) XF:macos-login-window-security-bypass(45170) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45170
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20080812	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080812)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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