CVE-2001-1412 describes a local password disclosure vulnerability affecting Apple Mac OS X before version 10.3. The nidump utility, when invoked with "passwd" as a command-line argument, allows local users to read encrypted passwords from the system's password file. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a partial impact on confidentiality. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-20984) is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no community discussion or media coverage surrounding this old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.4.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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