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CVE-2008-3610

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3610 is a race condition vulnerability in the Login Window of Apple Mac OS X versions 10.5 through 10.5.4, affecting both client and server editions. An attacker can bypass password authentication by repeatedly attempting to log into a blank-password account, then selecting any other user from the login screen. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.6, indicating a network-based attack with high complexity, but leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.6HIGH

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0204 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/31882
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45170
securityfocus.com / bid/31189
Patch
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2584