MEDIUM
passwd in Directory Services in Mac OS X 10.3.x before 10.3.9 and 10.4.x before 10.4.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .pwtmp.[PID] temporary file
Published Mar 2, 2006
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.55%
Description
passwd in Directory Services in Mac OS X 10.3.x before 10.3.9 and 10.4.x before 10.4.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .pwtmp.[PID] temporary file.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 10.3
- 10.3.1
- 10.3.2
- 10.3.3
- 10.3.4
- 10.3.5
- 10.3.6
- 10.3.7
- 10.3.8
- 10.3.9
- 10.4
- 10.4.1
- 10.4.2
- 10.4.3
- 10.4.4
- 10.4.5
- 10.3
- 10.3.1
- 10.3.2
- 10.3.3
- 10.3.4
- 10.3.5
- 10.3.6
- 10.3.7
- 10.3.8
- 10.3.9
- 10.4
- 10.4.1
- 10.4.2
- 10.4.3
- 10.4.4
- 10.4.5
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.55% 0.00552
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00552
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.55% (0.00552) | 44.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.54% (0.00539) | 40.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00027) | 4.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 11.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 26, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 7.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 5.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19064 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=400 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/23647 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426535/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16910 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25274 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 2, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 26, 2005
Link CVE-2005-2714
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a