CVE-2005-2713 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2005-2713?

CVE-2005-2713 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 2 Mar 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

passwd in Directory Services in Mac OS X 10.3.x before 10.3.9 and 10.4.x before 10.4.5 allows local users to create arbitrary world-writable files as root by specifying an alternate file in the password database option.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2713?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server.

How do I fix CVE-2005-2713?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2713 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2005-2713 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-2713 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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