Unscored severity · published Sep 20, 2001
CVE-2001-1029
libutil in OpenSSH on FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier does not drop privileges before verifying the capabilities for reading the copyright and welcome files, which allows local users to…
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CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
libutil in OpenSSH on FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier does not drop privileges before verifying the capabilities for reading the copyright and welcome files, which allows local users to bypass the capabilities checks and read arbitrary files by specifying alternate copyright or welcome files.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
Freebsd · Freebsd
through 4.4 · source: NVD
OP
Openssh · Openbsd
4.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1029
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-1029
Exploit
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0173.html
www.osvdb.org
http://www.osvdb.org/6073
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8697
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