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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-2714 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.
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History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00197}

epss

{'score': 0.00183}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:45:01.885Z

Reserved: 2005-08-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-2713

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-2713

cve-icon Redhat

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