Vulnerability · 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 obtai…
Published Dec 31, 2001 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Apple mac os x
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2001-1565. EPSS is 0.34%. Act only if a listed version of Apple mac os x is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Low2.1
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.34%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe apple/mac os x
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.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- cpe apple/mac os x10.0
- cpe apple/mac os x10.1
- cpe apple/mac os x10.1.1
- cpe apple/mac os x10.1.2
- cpe apple/mac os x10.1.3
- cpe apple/mac os x10.1.4
How to fix CVE-2001-1565
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2001-1565. EPSS is 0.34%. Act only if a listed version of Apple mac os x is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with apple/mac os x 10.0; apple/mac os x 10.1; apple/mac os x 10.1.1; apple/mac os x 10.1.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.34%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Dec 31, 2001 · Apple Security Releases
Detected
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.
Jun 16, 2026 · Apple Security Releases
Updated
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.
Sources
- Apple Security ReleasesVendor advisoryCVE-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.
nvd.nist.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2001-1565
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2001-1565
30-day exploitation probability 0.3%
first.org
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.