Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-1543 - Unspecified vulnerability in Apple Macos

047910
CVSS 4.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
low complexity
apple
exploit available
NVD
Published: 1999-07-10
Updated: 2021-09-22

Summary

MacOS uses weak encryption for passwords that are stored in the Users & Groups Data File.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
7

Exploit-Db

descriptionApple Mac OS 8 8.6 Weak Password Encryption Vulnerability. CVE-1999-1543. Local exploit for osx platform
idEDB-ID:19417
last seen2016-02-02
modified1999-07-10
published1999-07-10
reporterDawid adix Adamski
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/19417/
titleApple Mac OS <= 8 8.6 Weak Password Encryption Vulnerability

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