CVE Catalog

CVE-2001-1446

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Find-By-Content in Mac OS X from version 10.0 to 10.0.4 creates world-readable index files named .FBCIndex in every directory. This allows remote attackers to learn the contents of files in web accessible directories.

Risk Assessment

Attackers may gain access to sensitive information stored in web-accessible directories, potentially leading to privacy breaches and data security issues.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Mac OS X to the latest version to mitigate the vulnerability and restrict access to directories containing sensitive data.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Find-By-Content in Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.0.4 creates world-readable index files named .FBCIndex in every directory, which allows remote attackers to learn the contents of files in web accessible directories.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS