CVE-2004-0165

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-03-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) daemon (pppd) 2.4.0 for Mac OS X 10.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary pppd process data, including PAP or CHAP authentication credentials, to gain privileges.

Affected products

macOS: 10.1, 10.1.1, 10.1.2, 10.1.3, 10.1.4, 10.1.5 (+12)
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.1, 10.1.1, 10.1.2, 10.1.3, 10.1.4, 10.1.5 (+12)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2004/Feb/msg00000.html
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2004/a022304-1.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/841742
http://www.osvdb.org/6822
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9730
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15297
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2004/Feb/msg00000.html
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2004/a022304-1.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/841742
http://www.osvdb.org/6822
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9730
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15297

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