CVE-2005-2520 describes a vulnerability in the password assistant of Mac OS X versions 10.4 through 10.4.2. When creating multiple user accounts from the same process, the assistant failed to clear the suggested password list, potentially exposing recently used passwords to an attacker with local access. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access to compromise confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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