CVE-2009-2836 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Race condition in Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.x before 10.6.2, when at least one account has a blank password, allows attackers to bypass password authentication and obtain login access to an arbitrary account via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2009-11-10

Score: 6.2 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.1:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.1:::::::*

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No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-2826	Race condition in Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.x before 10.6.2, when at least one account has a blank password, allows attackers to bypass password authentication and obtain login access to an arbitrary account via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0004.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36956
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X Mac Os X Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-11-10T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:07:37.040Z

Reserved: 2009-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2836

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-11-10T19:30:01.563

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

Link: CVE-2009-2836

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-362

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