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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 does not clear the current password when a user makes a password-change attempt that is denied by policy, which allows opportunistic, physically proximate attackers to bypass authentication and change this user s password by later entering an acceptable new password on the same login screen.
The bug was discovered 09/15/2008. The weakness was disclosed 09/16/2008 by Robert Swiecki with Google Security Team (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-3611 since 08/12/2008. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34211 (Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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.
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 (45171) and Tenable (34211). The entries 42790, 42001, 42000 and 41999 are pretty similar.
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Class: Improper authenticationCWE: CWE-287
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 34211
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 102033
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Robert Swiecki
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2008-3611 (🔍)
X-Force: 45171
SecurityTracker: 1020878
Vulnerability Center: 19485 - Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 Allows Local Attacker to Change Users Passwords After Failed Change Attempt, Low
SecurityFocus: 31189 - Apple Mac OS X 2008-006 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 31882
OSVDB: 48191 - CVE-2008-3611 - Apple - Mac OS X - Security Bypass Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-2584
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/17/2019 08:11
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (70), 08/17/2019 08:11 (12)
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