High severity · published Jul 21, 2001
CVE-2001-0497
dnskeygen in BIND 8.2.4 and earlier, and dnssec-keygen in BIND 9.1.2 and earlier, set insecure permissions for a HMAC-MD5 shared secret key file used for DNS Transactional…
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
dnskeygen in BIND 8.2.4 and earlier, and dnssec-keygen in BIND 9.1.2 and earlier, set insecure permissions for a HMAC-MD5 shared secret key file used for DNS Transactional Signatures (TSIG), which allows attackers to obtain the keys and perform dynamic DNS updates.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BI
Bind · Isc
through 8.2.4; 9.0 through 9.1.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0497
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-0497
Broken Link
http://www.osvdb.org/5609
Patch
http://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise78.php
Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6694
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