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CVE-2005-2742

SecurityAgent 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.

Published

2005-10-26T00:02:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.2	Yes

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/ Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.auscert.org.au/5509 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/ Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.auscert.org.au/5509 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)