CVE-2005-2713

mediumpriority · track · 37OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.011 · 64 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

1.06% (64th) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

33 products

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Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.8mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.1 · impact 10

v2.06.1mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-266USLLM-inferredCWE-276USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-1545Apple Mac OSX - '/usr/bin/passwd' Custom Passwd Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (33)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
apple mac os x= 10.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.3.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.3.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.3.6nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.3.7nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.3.8nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.3.9nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.4.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.4.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.4.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.4.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2005-12-31modified 2026-06-16

references (22)

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