Description
Race condition in Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4, when a blank-password account is enabled, allows attackers to bypass password authentication and login to any account via multiple attempts to login to the blank-password account, followed by selection of an arbitrary account from the user list.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45170 ↗
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html ↗
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020878 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 ↗