CVE-2001-1565

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.

Published: 2001-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-1565 is rated Low Risk (17.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.34%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1565

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.18% 0.34% +0.16%
2 2025-07-24 0.09% 0.18% +0.09%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.09% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1565

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-1565

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1565

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple mac_os_x 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.1.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.1.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.1.4 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x 10.1.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1565

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