Unscored CVE-2004-0622 EUVD-2004-0621GHSA-4422-2p52-phgf

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.4, 10.4, 10.5, and possibly other versions does not properly clear memory for login (aka Loginwindow.app), Keychain, or…

Published Jun 30, 2004 · Updated Aug 8, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.4, 10.4, 10.5, and possibly other versions does not properly clear memory for login (aka Loginwindow.app), Keychain, or FileVault passwords, which could allow the root user or an attacker with physical access to obtain sensitive information by reading memory.

References

20040625 Mac OS X stores login/Keychain/FileVault passwords on disk mailing-list
20080228 Loginwindow.app and Mac OS X mailing-list
macos-memory-view-passwords(16557) vdb-entry
20080229 Re: Loginwindow.app and Mac OS X mailing-list
http://citp.princeton.edu/pub/coldboot.pdf