Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.2% 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 10.4.2
- Apple Mac OS X Server — versions 10.4.2
References
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml (US Government Resource, government-resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.auscert.org.au/5509 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/16920/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)