{"id":"CVE-2001-0915","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2001-0915","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:44:20.940Z","title":"Format string vulnerability in Berkeley parallel make (pmake) 2.1.33 and earlier allows a local user to gain root privileges via format specifiers in the check argument of a shell definition.","description":"Format string vulnerability in Berkeley parallel make (pmake) 2.1.33 and earlier allows a local user to gain root privileges via format specifiers in the check argument of a shell definition.","published":"2001-11-21T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:55:13.000Z","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":["berkeley/pmake"],"epss":{"score":0.00698,"percentile":0.52839,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2001-11-21","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":21158,"kind":"exploit","title":"SuSE Linux 6.4/7.0/7.1/7.2 Berkeley Parallel Make - Shell Definition Format String","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21158","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/21158.c","file":"exploits/linux/local/21158.c","published":"2001-11-21","added":"2001-11-21","updated":"2012-09-08","author":"IhaQueR@IRCnet","type":"local","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2001-0915","OSVDB-13989"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3572/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 0.7%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100638919720975&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7602.php","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3572","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100638919720975&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7602.php","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3572","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0915","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."}