CVE-2005-2714

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

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 overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .pwtmp.[PID] temporary file.

Affected products

macOS: 10.3, 10.3.1, 10.3.2, 10.3.3, 10.3.4, 10.3.5 (+10)
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.3, 10.3.1, 10.3.2, 10.3.3, 10.3.4, 10.3.5 (+10)

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19064
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=400
http://www.osvdb.org/23647
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426535/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16910
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25274
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382

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