CVE-2005-2742 — 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

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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

Published Oct 25, 2005

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.36%

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.36% 0.00358

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00358

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 (14 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.36% (0.00358)	27.21th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.36% (0.00358)	27.44th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00075)	20.21th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.18% (0.00175)	55.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 10, 2024	0.07% (0.00074)	31.46th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.06% (0.00064)	26.08th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.06% (0.00061)	23.37th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 1, 2023	0.18% (0.00179)	53.95th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 20, 2023	0.19% (0.00187)	54.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.18% (0.00177)	53.00th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.02% (0.01018)	40.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	38.88th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	36.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	19.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.auscert.org.au/5509
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_AUSCERTVendor Advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml
third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACUS Government Resource

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.auscert.org.au/5509		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_AUSCERTVendor Advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml		third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACUS Government Resource

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 25, 2005

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Aug 30, 2005

Link CVE-2005-2742

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-2742

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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