CVE-2005-2520

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

The password assistant in Mac OS X 10.4 to 10.4.2, when used to create multiple accounts from the same process, does not reset the suggested password list when the assistant is displayed, which allows attackers to view recently used passwords.

The password assistant in Mac OS X 10.4 to 10.4.2, when used to create multiple accounts from the same process, does not reset the suggested password list when the assistant is displayed, which allows attackers to view recently used passwords.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 19 years ago

2005-08-19 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:51:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X 10.4

10.4

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.1

10.4.1

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2

10.4.2

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