CVE-2001-1412
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…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 1.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 35% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apple Mac OSX 10 - nidump Password File Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 20984remote, osxpublished 26 Jun 2001Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 35% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00038.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1001946 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.securiteam.com/securityreviews/5QP032A4UU.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.securemac.com/macosxnidump.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20020915 nidump on OS X (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20010903 Re: Possible Issue with Netinfo and Mac OS X (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2001-1392 (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)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2001-1412)Record last updated .