CVE-2001-0806 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Apple MacOS X 10.0 and 10.1 allow a local user to read and write to a user's desktop folder via insecure default permissions for the Desktop when it is created in some languages.

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 3.6 Low

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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1:::::::*

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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-2001-0790	Apple MacOS X 10.0 and 10.1 allow a local user to read and write to a user's desktop folder via insecure default permissions for the Desktop when it is created in some languages.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00084.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99358249631139&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99436289015729&w=2
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/219166
http://www.osvdb.org/1882
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2930
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6750

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:37:06.567Z

Reserved: 2001-10-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0806

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-12-06T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2001-0806

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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