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CVE-2008-3611

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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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published9/16/2008

Last Modified4/23/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

apple:mac_os_xapple:mac_os_x_server

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-287

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/31882(cve@mitre.org)

http://securitytracker.com/id?1020878(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584(cve@mitre.org)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45171(cve@mitre.org)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/31882(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://securitytracker.com/id?1020878(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45171(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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