Vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X

CVE-2001-1447

NetInfo Manager for Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.1 allows local users to gain root privileges by opening applications using the (1) "recent items" and (2) "services" menus, which causes the applications to run with root privileges.

EPSS: 0.005 (38.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, government-resource, x_refsource_CIAC, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
  • cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Exploit, Patch, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
  • cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)