CVE-2009-2836

MediumCVSS 6.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Race condition in Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.x before 10.6.2, when at least one account has a blank password, allows attackers to bypass password authentication and obtain login access to an arbitrary account via unspecified vectors.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.2/10AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 10, 2009
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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