Vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux
CVE-2001-0797
Buffer overflow in login in various System V based operating systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a large number of arguments through services such as telnet and rlogin.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/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: 0.949 (99.9th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.947 · newest: 0.949 · change: +0.002
Affected products
- HP Hp-Ux — versions 10.00, 10.01, 10.10
- IBM Aix — versions 4.3, 4.3.1, 4.3.2
- SCO Openserver — versions 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2
- Sgi Irix — versions 3.2, 3.3, 3.3.1
- Sun Solaris — versions 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1
- Sun Sunos — versions 5.0, 5.1, 5.2
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2025 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-34.html (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7284 (vdb-entry)
- www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss (vendor-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/246487 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/3681 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise105.php (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/569272 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2001-0797?
- CVE-2001-0797 is a vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux. Published 2001-12-12.
- Is CVE-2001-0797 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.