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CVE-1999-1543

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-07-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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

Affected products

• Apple macOS: 7.5.3, 7.6, 7.6.1, 8.0, 8.1, 8.5 (+1)

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93188174906513&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93736667813924&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/519
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93188174906513&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93736667813924&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/519

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