{"id":"CVE-2005-2508","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2005-2508","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:38:53.950Z","title":"dsidentity in Directory Services in Mac OS X 10.4.2 allows local users to add or remove user accounts.","description":"dsidentity in Directory Services in Mac OS X 10.4.2 allows local users to add or remove user accounts.","published":"2005-08-19T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:15:06.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["apple/mac os x","apple/mac os x server"],"epss":{"score":0.00687,"percentile":0.52423,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2005-08-15","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":26185,"kind":"exploit","title":"Apple Mac OSX 10.4 - dsidentity Directory Services Account Creation and Deletion","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26185","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/osx/local/26185.txt","file":"exploits/osx/local/26185.txt","published":"2005-08-15","added":"2005-08-15","updated":"2013-06-14","author":"Neil Archibald","type":"local","platform":"osx","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2005-2508","OSVDB-18781"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14630/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 0.7%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2508","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}