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CVE-1999-1543

MacOS uses weak encryption for passwords that are stored in the Users & Groups Data File.

Published

1999-07-10T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System apple macos 7.5.3 Yes
Operating System apple macos 7.6 Yes
Operating System apple macos 7.6.1 Yes
Operating System apple macos 8.0 Yes
Operating System apple macos 8.1 Yes
Operating System apple macos 8.5 Yes
Operating System apple macos 8.6 Yes
References