PT-2009-5194 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2009-11-10 · Updated 2009-11-17 · CVE-2009-2836

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Mac OS X versions 10.6.x through 10.6.1

Description A race condition exists in the Login Window of Apple Mac OS X, allowing attackers to bypass password authentication and gain login access to any account if at least one account has a blank password. The issue can be exploited via unspecified vectors.

Recommendations For Apple Mac OS X versions 10.6.x through 10.6.1, update to version 10.6.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2836

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 5

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/36956 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2836 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184 · Note