CVE-2005-2713 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the 'passwd' utility within Directory Services for Apple Mac OS X versions 10.3.x (prior to 10.3.9) and 10.4.x (prior to 10.4.5). An authenticated local user could exploit this by specifying an alternate file in the password database option, leading to the creation of arbitrary world-writable files as root. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating high severity with local access, low attack complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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