VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2001-1562
Format string vulnerability in nvi before 1.79 allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in a filename.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.40%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Format string vulnerability in nvi before 1.79 allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in a filename.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- bsd/nvi
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100526142205694&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-085Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7317.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3456
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100526142205694&w=2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-085Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7317.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3456
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.