Unscored CVE-2001-0102 EUVD-2001-0102GHSA-3r83-hcqh-gxqf

"Multiple Users" Control Panel in Mac OS 9 allows Normal users to gain Owner privileges by removing the Users & Groups Data File, which eff…

Published Feb 2, 2001 · Updated Aug 8, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

"Multiple Users" Control Panel in Mac OS 9 allows Normal users to gain Owner privileges by removing the Users & Groups Data File, which effectively removes the Owner password and allows the Normal user to log in as the Owner account without a password.

References

20001229 Mac OS 9 Multiple Users Control Panel Password Vulnerability mailing-list
macos-multiple-users(5830) vdb-entry