{
    "id": "CVE-2005-2713",
    "published": "2005-12-31 05:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:15:32",
    "cvss_score": "6.8",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.01062",
    "epss_percentile": "0.63651",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-11 18:17:04",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "apple",
            "product": "mac_os_x"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "apple",
            "product": "mac_os_x_server"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "1545",
            "title": "Apple Mac OSX - '/usr/bin/passwd' Custom Passwd Privilege Escalation",
            "date": "2006-03-01",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1545"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382",
        "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/19064",
        "http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=400",
        "http://www.osvdb.org/23646",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426535/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16910",
        "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25272",
        "http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382",
        "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/19064",
        "http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=400",
        "http://www.osvdb.org/23646",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426535/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16907",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16910",
        "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0791",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25272"
    ]
}