CVE - CVE-2008-3611

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-3611	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 does not clear the current password when a user makes a password-change attempt that is denied by policy, which allows opportunistic, physically proximate attackers to bypass authentication and change this user's password by later entering an acceptable new password on the same login screen.
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 XF:macos-loginscreen-security-bypass(45171) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45171
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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