{"id":"CVE-2001-0570","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2001-0570","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:31.079Z","title":"minicom 1.83.1 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via numerous format string attacks.","description":"minicom 1.83.1 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via numerous format string attacks.","published":"2001-08-14T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:54:33.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["minicom/minicom"],"epss":{"score":0.00517,"percentile":0.43751,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99014300904714&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-016.0.txt","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-067.html","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/181922","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6498","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99014300904714&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-016.0.txt","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-067.html","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/181922","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6498","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0570","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}