High 7.6Published Sep 16, 2008

CVE-2008-3610Race condition in Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4, when a blank-password account is enabled, allows attackers to bypass password authentication and login to any account via multipl…

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Race condition in Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4, when a blank-password account is enabled, allows attackers to bypass password authentication and login to any account via multiple attempts to login to the blank-password account, followed by selection of an arbitrary account from the user list.

CVSS: 7.6 HIGH (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-287
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	10.5; 10.5.1; 10.5.2; 10.5.3; 10.5.4	NVD
apple mac_os_x_server apple:mac_os_x_server	10.5; 10.5.1; 10.5.2; 10.5.3; 10.5.4	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html	patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/31882
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020878
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189	patch
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html	us-government-resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45170

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