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Credentials Management Errors

CVE-2008-3617

Medium
5/10

Summary

Remote Management and Screen Sharing in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4, when used to set a password for a VNC viewer, displays additional input characters beyond the maximum password length, which might make it easier for attackers to guess passwords that the user believed were longer.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-255 - Credentials Management Errors

Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of credentials.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published