CVE-2001-0102

"Multiple Users" Control Panel in Mac OS 9 allows Normal users to gain Owner privileges by removing the Users & Groups Data File, which effectively removes the Owner password and allows the Normal user to log in as the Owner account without a password...

MacOS_encryption.txt

Subject: MacOS system encryption algorithm To: [email protected] The encryption algorithm in MacOS system is simple and the password can be easily decoded. Password is stored in Users & Groups Data File in Preferences folder. Offset is different on each system and depends on Users & Group...

CVE-1999-1543

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