CVE-2008-3611
N/A
Published: September 16, 2008 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:56 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendormacOSMac OS X Server
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31882Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45171Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287
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