CVE-2009-2836

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Publication date:

10/11/2009

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 6.20 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

6.20

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.1:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.1:::::::*

CVE-2009-2836

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools