Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2005-2520
The password assistant in Mac OS X 10.4 to 10.4.2, when used to create multiple accounts from the same process, does not reset the suggested password list when the assistant is displayed, which allows attackers to view recently used passwords.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (31.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 31.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.4, 10.4.1, 10.4.2
References
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)