CVE-2009-2836

Severity Score

8.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Race condition in Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.x before 10.6.2, when at least one account has a blank password, allows attackers to bypass password authentication and obtain login access to an arbitrary account via unspecified vectors.

Race condition en Login Window en Apple Mac OS X v10.6.x anterior v10.6.2, cuando al menos una cuenta tiene el password en blanco, permite a atacantes superar la autenticación de password y obtener acceso a una cuenta arbitraria a través de vectores no especificados.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2009-08-17 CVE Reserved
2009-11-10 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937	2009-11-17
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36956	2009-11-17

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html	2009-11-17

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.6 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.6"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.6.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.6.1"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.6 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.6"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.6.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.6.1"		-		Affected