CVE-2001-1412 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

nidump on MacOS X before 10.3 allows local users to read the encrypted passwords from the password file by specifying passwd as a command line argument.

Published: 2003-10-25

Score: 2.1 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 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2001-1392	nidump on MacOS X before 10.3 allows local users to read the encrypted passwords from the password file by specifying passwd as a command line argument.

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 None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00231.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00038.html
http://lists.insecure.org/lists/bugtraq/2002/Sep/0128.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99953038722104&w=2
http://securitytracker.com/id?1001946
http://www.securemac.com/macosxnidump.php
http://www.securiteam.com/securityreviews/5QP032A4UU.html

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-10-25T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:51:08.314Z

Reserved: 2003-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1412

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-11-17T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2001-1412

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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