CVE-2001-1447

NetInfo Manager for Mac OS X <10.2 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Exploit third-party-advisory government-resource x_refsource_ciac
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-007.shtml
Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0130.html
Exploit, Patch, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/945747
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0121.html
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3439
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7303

Scores

EPSS 0.0047
EPSS Percentile 38.3%

Details

Status published
Products (6)
apple/mac_os_x 10.0
apple/mac_os_x 10.0.1
apple/mac_os_x 10.0.2
apple/mac_os_x 10.0.3
apple/mac_os_x 10.0.4
apple/mac_os_x 10.1
Published Oct 17, 2001
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026