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CVE-2001-1447
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…
High7.2EPSS 0.47%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.47% · top 59% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- M-007 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- 20011017 Re: Mac OS X setuid root security hole (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- VU#945747 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20011017 Mac OS X setuid root security hole (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 3439 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- macos-netinfo-root-privileges(7303) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .