VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-3617

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.50%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-09-16
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

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