Race condition in Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4, when a blank-password account is enabled, allows attackers to bypass password authentication and login to any account via multiple attempts to login to the blank-password account, followed by selection of an arbitrary account from the user list
Published Sep 16, 2008
7.6
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.04%
Description
Race condition in Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4, when a blank-password account is enabled, allows attackers to bypass password authentication and login to any account via multiple attempts to login to the blank-password account, followed by selection of an arbitrary account from the user list.
Affected products
No data.
- 10.5
- 10.5.1
- 10.5.2
- 10.5.3
- 10.5.4
- 10.5
- 10.5.1
- 10.5.2
- 10.5.3
- 10.5.4
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.
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.04% (0.02037) | 80.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.04% (0.02037) | 78.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.26% (0.00261) | 47.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00247) | 65.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00247) | 63.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 7, 2023 | 0.25% (0.00247) | 61.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.25% (0.00254) | 61.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020878 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45170 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1020878 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45170 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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