Vulnerabilities > CVE-2001-1447 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability in MacOS X NetInfo Manager

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
apple
NVD
Published: 2001-10-17
Updated: 2017-07-11

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Apple
6

References