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A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
securityagent in apple mac os x 10.4.2 under certain circumstances can cause the "switch user..." button to appear even though the "enable fast user switching" setting is disabled which can allow attackers with physical access to gain access to the desktop and bypass the "require password to wake this computer from sleep or screen saver" setting.
The bug was discovered 09/23/2005. The weakness was released 10/25/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at lists.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-2742 since 08/30/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19773 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2005-008)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115280 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2005-008 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2005-09-22)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22388) and Tenable (19773). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 25571, 26659, 26658 and 26657.
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Nessus ID: 19773
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2005-008)
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Timeline
06/22/2005 🔍08/30/2005 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: lists.apple.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2005-2742 (🔍)
X-Force: 22388
Vulnerability Center: 9491 - Mac OS X 10.4.2 Access Bypass via \, Low
SecurityFocus: 14914 - Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2005-008 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 16920 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 19710 - CVE-2005-2742 - Apple - Mac OS X - Authentication Bypass Issue
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 03/11/2015 23:39Updated: 06/11/2019 06:58
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (67), 06/11/2019 06:58 (7)
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