Adaptive Firewall in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 does not properly handle invalid usernames in SSH login attempts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain login access via a brute-force attack (aka dictionary attack).
Published 2009-11-10 19:30:01
Updated 2009-11-17 07:02:59
Source MITRE
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Products affected by CVE-2009-2818

Threat overview for CVE-2009-2818

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2009-2818
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 21
IPs affected by CVE-2009-2818 2
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2818

0.33%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 67 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2009-2818

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.0
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
10.0
2.9
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2009-2818

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
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