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CVE-2001-03161 exploit

Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.2 allows local users to read kernel memory and possibly gain privileges via a negative argument to the sysctl call.

Published 25 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
4.6
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.8%
percentile 56%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.2 allows local users to read kernel memory and possibly gain privileges via a negative argument to the sysctl call.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.78% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-20626 Linux Kernel 2.2.x - 'sysctl()' Memory Reading · local · 2001-02-09

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.04.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Technology feeds
Linux kernel (RSS, critical only)

References

  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2001-013.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • osvdb.org /6017 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/6079 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • caldera.com /support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-009.0.txt · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CALDERA, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0267.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/2364 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

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