Apple Mac OS X up to 10.2 nidump Password information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.2. This impacts an unknown function of the component nidump. This manipulation causes information disclosure (Password). This vulnerability appears as CVE-2001-1412. In addition, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.2 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component nidump. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Password). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented 11/17/2003 (Website). The advisory is shared at securemac.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-1412 since 10/24/2003. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11898 (NetInfo Arbitrary Remote File Access), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 10.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (13554), Exploit-DB (20984), Tenable (11898), SecurityFocus (BID 2953†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1001946†). See VDB-20191, VDB-20934, VDB-20935 and VDB-20936 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Password
Class: Information disclosure / Password
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 11898
Nessus Name: NetInfo Arbitrary Remote File Access
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.3

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06/26/2001 🔍
06/26/2001 +0 days 🔍
07/08/2001 +12 days 🔍
10/19/2003 +833 days 🔍
10/24/2003 +5 days 🔍
11/17/2003 +24 days 🔍
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11/23/2003 +6 days 🔍
08/15/2014 +3918 days 🔍
12/28/2024 +3788 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: securemac.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2001-1412 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1412
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20953
X-Force: 13554
SecurityFocus: 2953 - Apple Mac OS X nidump Password File Disclosure Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1001946
Vulnerability Center: 2908 - NetInfo Information Disclosure, Low

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/15/2014 16:30
Updated: 12/28/2024 13:44
Changes: 08/15/2014 16:30 (66), 05/16/2019 20:34 (7), 12/28/2024 13:44 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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