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CVE-2008-3617

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Published: Sep 16, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

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5.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9
Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (10)

2 products
Mac Os X
Mac Os X Server
Configuration A
10 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Apple
Version 10.5.1
Version 10.5.2
Version 10.5.3
Version 10.5.4
Version 10.5
Apple
Version 10.5.1
Version 10.5.2
Version 10.5.3
Version 10.5.4
Version 10.5

Related CWEs

References (12)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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