CVE-2005-2742

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-2742
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-26 00:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionSecurityAgent in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2, under certain circumstances, can cause the "Switch User..." button to appear even though the "Enable fast user switching" setting is disabled, which can allow attackers with physical access to gain access to the desktop and bypass the "Require password to wake this computer from sleep or screen saver" setting.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.4.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
AusCERT - ESB-2005.0732 -- APPLE-SA-2005-09-22 -- Security Update 2005-008 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.auscert.org.au Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
APPLE-SA-2005-09-22 Security Update 2005-008 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Vendor Advisory
P-312: Apple Security Update 2005-008 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org US Government Resource
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