Vulnerability in Sun Solaris
CVE-2001-0401
Buffer overflow in tip in Solaris 8 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a long HOME environmental variable.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (60.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 60.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sun Solaris — versions 2.6
- Sun Sunos — versions 5.5, 5.5.1, 5.7
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6284 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2475 (vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0394.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Patch)