CVE-2009-2836 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2009-2836?

CVE-2009-2836 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 10 Nov 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Race condition in Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.x before 10.6.2, when at least one account has a blank password, allows attackers to bypass password authentication and obtain login access to an arbitrary account via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2836?

It affects 2 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2009-2836?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2836 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2009-2836 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2836 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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