CVE-2005-2742

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Published Oct 25, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

SecurityAgent in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2, under certain circumstances, can cause the "Switch User..." button to appear even though the "Enable fast user switching" setting is disabled, which can allow attackers with physical access to gain access to the desktop and bypass the "Require password to wake this computer from sleep or screen saver" setting.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.2:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-2743	SecurityAgent in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2, under certain circumstances, can cause the "Switch User..." button to appear even though the "Enable fast user switching" setting is disabled, which can allow attackers with physical access to gain access to the desktop and bypass the "Require password to wake this computer from sleep or screen saver" setting.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.358% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/
http://www.auscert.org.au/5509
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X Mac Os X Server

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 4:19 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 25, 2005, 4:00 AM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 4:19 AM
Reserved: Aug 30, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:15 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 26, 2005, 12:02 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:15 PM

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