CVE-2001-1412 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2001-1412?

CVE-2001-1412 is a low-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 25 Oct 2003. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

nidump on MacOS X before 10.3 allows local users to read the encrypted passwords from the password file by specifying passwd as a command line argument.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1412?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2001-1412?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-1412 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2001-1412 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-1412 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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