FKIE_CVE-2005-2713
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-12-31 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:15
Severity
Summary
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 create arbitrary world-writable files as root by specifying an alternate file in the password database option.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| apple | mac_os_x | 10.3 | |
| apple | mac_os_x | 10.3.1 | |
| apple | mac_os_x | 10.3.2 | |
| apple | mac_os_x | 10.3.3 | |
| apple | mac_os_x | 10.3.4 | |
| apple | mac_os_x | 10.3.5 | |
| apple | mac_os_x | 10.3.6 | |
| apple | mac_os_x | 10.3.7 | |
| apple | mac_os_x | 10.3.8 | |
| apple | mac_os_x | 10.3.9 | |
| apple | mac_os_x | 10.4 | |
| apple | mac_os_x | 10.4.1 | |
| apple | mac_os_x | 10.4.2 | |
| apple | mac_os_x | 10.4.3 | |
| apple | mac_os_x | 10.4.4 | |
| apple | mac_os_x | 10.4.5 | |
| apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.3 | |
| apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.3.1 | |
| apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.3.2 | |
| apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.3.3 | |
| apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.3.4 | |
| apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.3.5 | |
| apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.3.6 | |
| apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.3.7 | |
| apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.3.8 | |
| apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.3.9 | |
| apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.4 | |
| apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.4.1 | |
| apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.4.2 | |
| apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.4.3 | |
| apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.4.4 | |
| apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.4.5 |
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