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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2005-2713 json

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-writabl…

published 2005-12-31 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2714

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-1545)

Exploit prediction

1.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-1545 Apple Mac OSX - '/usr/bin/passwd' Custom Passwd Privilege Escalation local, 2006-03-01
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16910 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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