VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2001-0093

Vulnerability in telnetd in FreeBSD 1.5 allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying critical environmental variables that affect the behavior of telnetd.

HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.68%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.68%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Vulnerability in telnetd in FreeBSD 1.5 allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying critical environmental variables that affect the behavior of telnetd.

CVSS 2.0: 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS: 0.68% probability · 50th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: freebsd/freebsd
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-017.txt.ascVendor Advisory
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-017.txt.ascVendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.