SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-1999-1543

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

MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.83%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.83%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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

CVSS 2.0
4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
0.83% probability · 55th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
apple/macos
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.