CVE-2004-0165

Mac Os X vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

3.8%

EPSS pct

89th

Exploited

No known

Format string vulnerability in Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) daemon (pppd) 2.4.0 for Mac OS X 10.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary pppd process data, including PAP or CHAP authentication credentials, to gain privileges.

Affected vendor

Apple

Affected product

Mac Os X

CVSS vector

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

Published

2004-03-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

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