ID CVE-2008-3617
Summary Remote Management and Screen Sharing in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4, when used to set a password for a VNC viewer, displays additional input characters beyond the maximum password length, which might make it easier for attackers to guess passwords that the user believed were longer.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 5.0 (as of 08-08-2017 - 01:32)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE CWE-255
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
PARTIAL NONE NONE
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
refmap via4
apple APPLE-SA-2008-09-15
bid 31189
cert TA08-260A
sectrack 1020882
vupen ADV-2008-2584
xf macos-vncviewer-weak-security(45174)
Last major update 08-08-2017 - 01:32
Published 16-09-2008 - 23:00
Last modified 08-08-2017 - 01:32
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