CVE-2001-0102 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2001-0102?

CVE-2001-0102 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Macos, published on 2 Feb 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

"Multiple Users" Control Panel in Mac OS 9 allows Normal users to gain Owner privileges by removing the Users & Groups Data File, which effectively removes the Owner password and allows the Normal user to log in as the Owner account without a password.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0102?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Macos.

How do I fix CVE-2001-0102?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0102 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2001-0102 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0102 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2023-38586 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0
• CVE-2023-40455 Security feature bypass in macOS Critical 10.0

All Apple Macos vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-3r83-hcqh-gxqf.