CVE-2011-3226

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-10-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Open Directory in Apple Mac OS X 10.7 before 10.7.2, when an LDAPv3 server is used with RFC 2307 or custom mappings, allows remote attackers to bypass the password requirement by leveraging lack of an AuthenticationAuthority attribute for a user account.

Affected products

macOS: 10.7.0, 10.7.1
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.7.0, 10.7.1

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
http://osvdb.org/76371
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50085
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
http://osvdb.org/76371
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50085

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