CVE-2001-1565

high

Description

Point to Point Protocol daemon (pppd) in MacOS x 10.0 and 10.1 through 10.1.5 provides the username and password on the command line, which allows local users to obtain authentication information via the ps command.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3753

http://www.macsecurity.org/pipermail/macsec/2001-December/000299.html

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7750.php

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-12-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00086