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CVE-2001-08551 exploit

Buffer overflow in db_loader in ClearCase 4.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long TERM environment variable.

Published 24 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 db_loader in ClearCase 4.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long TERM environment variable.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

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

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-21150 Rational ClearCase 3.2/4.x - DB Loader TERM Environment Variable Buffer Overflow · local · 2001-11-09

CVSS scores

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

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/3523 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • iss.net /security_center/static/7488.php · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=100528623328037&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

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