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CVE-2001-02791 exploit

Buffer overflow in sudo earlier than 1.6.3p6 allows local users to gain root privileges.

Published 25 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.2
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.9%
percentile 59%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Buffer overflow in sudo earlier than 1.6.3p6 allows local users to gain root privileges.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.86% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-20901 Sudo 1.5/1.6 - Heap Corruption · local · 2001-02-22

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2001-018.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0414.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • linux-mandrake.com /en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-024.php3 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRAKE, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0437.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2001/dsa-031 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0427.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • distro.conectiva.com.br /atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000381 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CONECTIVA, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2001-019.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred

Sources

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