Medium 6.8Published Dec 31, 2005

CVE-2005-2714passwd 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.

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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.

CVSS: 6.8 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-59
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	10.3; 10.3.1; 10.3.2; 10.3.3; 10.3.4; 10.3.5; 10.3.6; 10.3.7; and 8 more ranges	NVD
apple mac_os_x_server apple:mac_os_x_server	10.3; 10.3.1; 10.3.2; 10.3.3; 10.3.4; 10.3.5; 10.3.6; 10.3.7; and 8 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html	patch, vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19064	patch, vendor-advisory
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=400	patch, vendor-advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/23647
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426535/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907	patch, vendor-advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16910	exploit, patch
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html	us-government-resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791	vendor-advisory
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