Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2005-2714
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 · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (43.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 43.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.3, 10.3.1, 10.3.2
- Apple Mac OS X Server — versions 10.3, 10.3.1, 10.3.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426535/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/19064 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/23647 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16910 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html