Low 2.1Published Aug 19, 2005

CVE-2005-2520The 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 allow…

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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.

CVSS: 2.1 LOW (v2.0, NVD)AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	10.4; 10.4.1; 10.4.2	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html	patch, vendor-advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html	patch, vendor-advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014707

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