CVE-2008-3611 (GCVE-0-2008-3611)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-09-16 23:00
Modified
2024-08-07 09:45
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020878 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45171 vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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