CVE-2008-3617 (GCVE-0-2008-3617)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-09-16 23:00
Modified
2024-08-07 09:45
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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.
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