CVE-2001-1447

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-10-17 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

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

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0121.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0130.html
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-007.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/945747
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3439
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7303
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0121.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0130.html
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-007.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/945747
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3439
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7303

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