CVE-2001-0102 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

"Multiple Users" Control Panel in Mac OS 9 allows Normal users to gain Owner privileges by removing the Users & Groups Data File, which effectively removes the Owner password and allows the Normal user to log in as the Owner account without a password.

Published: 2001-02-02

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0102	"Multiple Users" Control Panel in Mac OS 9 allows Normal users to gain Owner privileges by removing the Users & Groups Data File, which effectively removes the Owner password and allows the Normal user to log in as the Owner account without a password.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00052.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0497.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5830

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-02-02T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:06:55.275Z

Reserved: 2001-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0102

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-02-12T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0102

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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