{"id":"CVE-2001-1015","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2001-1015","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:29:53.207Z","title":"Buffer overflow in Snes9x 1.37, when installed setuid root, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.","description":"Buffer overflow in Snes9x 1.37, when installed setuid root, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.","published":"2001-10-16T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:55:25.000Z","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":["snes9x.com/snes9x"],"epss":{"score":0.01535,"percentile":0.74667,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2001-10-16","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":21120,"kind":"exploit","title":"Snes9x 1.3 - Local Buffer Overflow","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21120","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/unix/local/21120.c","file":"exploits/unix/local/21120.c","published":"2001-10-16","added":"2001-10-16","updated":"2012-09-06","author":"Niels Heinen","type":"local","platform":"unix","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2001-1015","OSVDB-14081"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3437/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.5%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0107.html","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3437","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0107.html","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3437","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1015","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."}