CVE-2009-2836

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.

CVSS v2.0 6.2 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 1.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Configuration 2 (hide)

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

Information

Published : 2009-11-10 11:30

Updated : 2009-11-16 23:03

NVD link : CVE-2009-2836

Mitre link : CVE-2009-2836

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Products Affected

apple

mac_os_x
mac_os_x_server

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