CVE-2005-2714

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19064Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=400Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/23647
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426535/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16910Exploit, Patch
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.htmlUS Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25274
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19064Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=400Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/23647
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426535/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16910Exploit, Patch
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.htmlUS Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25274

Timeline

Published: Dec 31, 2005
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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