VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-3617
Remote Management and Screen Sharing in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4, when used to set a password for a VNC viewer, displays additional input characters beyond the maximum password length, which might make it easier for attackers to guess…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 1.50%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.50%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Remote Management and Screen Sharing in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4, when used to set a password for a VNC viewer, displays additional input characters beyond the maximum password length, which might make it easier for attackers to guess passwords that the user believed were longer.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.50% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-255
- Affected
- apple/mac os x · apple/mac os x server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.htmlPatch
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020882
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189Patch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45174
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.htmlPatch
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020882
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189Patch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45174
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.