CVEvulnerability
CVE-2005-2742
4.6 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2005-10-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
SecurityAgent in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2, under certain circumstances, can cause the "Switch User..." button to appear even though the "Enable fast user switching" setting is disabled, which can allow attackers with physical access to gain access to the desktop and bypass the "Require password to wake this computer from sleep or screen saver" setting.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x 10.4.2
• apple mac os x server 10.4.2
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.auscert.org.au/5509 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml US Government Resource
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.auscert.org.au/5509 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml US Government Resource