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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-3611
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-3611

Description:
Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 does not clear the current password when a user makes a password-change attempt that is denied by policy, which allows opportunistic, physically proximate attackers to bypass authentication and change this user's password by later entering an acceptable new password on the same login screen.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45171

ST
  1020878

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA31882

CERT
  http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html

BID
  31189

APPLE
  http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html


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