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CVE-2001-10291 exploit
libutil in OpenSSH on FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier does not drop privileges before verifying the capabilities for reading the copyright and welc…
Published 25 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
2.1
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.4%
percentile 72%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB
Summary
libutil in OpenSSH on FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier does not drop privileges before verifying the capabilities for reading the copyright and welcome files, which allows local users to bypass the capabilities checks and read arbitrary files by specifying alternate copyright or welcome files.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.37% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs.
Exploits and detections
- EDB-21114 FreeBSD 4.3/4.4 - Login Capabilities Privileged File Reading · local · 2001-09-17
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
References
- archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0173.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
- osvdb.org /6073 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/8697 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2001-1029
- NVD: CVE-2001-1029
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