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CVE-2001-0438

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0438 describes a vulnerability in the preview version of Timbuktu for Mac OS X, allowing local users to modify System Preferences without authentication through the "About Timbuktu" menu. This is a low-severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact limited to partial integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has garnered no community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
initialCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netopia:timbuktu_mac:initial:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 6th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0337.html
Vendor Advisory