{"id":"CVE-2001-1000","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2001-1000","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:19.154Z","title":"rlmadmin RADIUS management utility in Merit AAA Server 3.8M, 5.01, and possibly other versions, allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the rlmadmin.help file.","description":"rlmadmin RADIUS management utility in Merit AAA Server 3.8M, 5.01, and possibly other versions, allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the rlmadmin.help file.","published":"2001-09-07T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:55:23.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":2.1,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["merit/aaa radius server"],"epss":{"score":0.00846,"percentile":0.57773,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2001-09-07","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":21101,"kind":"exploit","title":"Merit AAA RADIUS Server 3.8 - rlmadmin Symbolic Link","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21101","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/unix/local/21101.sh","file":"exploits/unix/local/21101.sh","published":"2001-09-07","added":"2001-09-07","updated":"2012-09-05","author":"Digital Shadow","type":"local","platform":"unix","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2001-1000","OSVDB-14079"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3302/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is low and EPSS is 0.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0036.html","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3302","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7096","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0036.html","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3302","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7096","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1000","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."}