CVE-2001-1447 Information

Description

NetInfo Manager for Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.1 allows local users to gain root privileges by opening applications using the (1) \recent items\ and (2) \services\ menus which causes the applications to run with root privileges.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0121.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0130.html http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-007.shtml http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/945747 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3439 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7303