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CVE-2005-2714

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
31/12/2005
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

passwd in Directory Services in Mac OS X 10.3.x before 10.3.9 and 10.4.x before 10.4.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .pwtmp.[PID] temporary file.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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