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CVE-2009-2818

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
10/11/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Adaptive Firewall in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 does not properly handle invalid usernames in SSH login attempts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain login access via a brute-force attack (aka dictionary attack).

Impact

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

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.6.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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