{"id":"CVE-2008-3611","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-3611","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:39:49.389Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2008-09-16T23:00:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:56:09.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-287"],"affected":["apple/mac os x","apple/mac os x server"],"epss":{"score":0.00356,"percentile":0.29056,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31882","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1020878","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45171","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31882","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1020878","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45171","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3611","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."}