CVE-2005-2714
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 2, 2006
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 26, 2005
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 20060302 Apple Mac OS X passwd Arbitrary Binary File Creation/Modificationthird-party-advisory
- 20060302 [OSX]: /usr/bin/passwd local root exploit.mailing-list
- 19064third-party-advisory
- 23647vdb-entry
- 16907vdb-entry
- ADV-2006-0791vdb-entry
- 16910vdb-entry
- APPLE-SA-2006-03-01vendor-advisory
- TA06-062Athird-party-advisory
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382
- macosx-passwd-symlink(25274)vdb-entry
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