CVE-2001-0806

Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2001-12-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Apple MacOS X 10.0 and 10.1 allow a local user to read and write to a user's desktop folder via insecure default permissions for the Desktop when it is created in some languages.

Affected products

macOS: 10.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.0.4, 10.1

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99358249631139&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99436289015729&w=2
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/219166
http://www.osvdb.org/1882
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2930
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6750
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99358249631139&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99436289015729&w=2
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/219166
http://www.osvdb.org/1882
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2930
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6750

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