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.
Published: 2008-09-16
Score: 7.6 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-3596 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.
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Apple Mac Os X Mac Os X Server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:45:18.960Z

Reserved: 2008-08-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3610

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Status : Modified

Published: 2008-09-16T23:00:01.103

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-3610

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