Vulnerability in Cray Unicos
CVE-2001-0891
Format string vulnerability in NQS daemon (nqsdaemon) in NQE 3.3.0.16 for CRAY UNICOS and SGI IRIX allows a local user to gain root privileges by using qsub to submit a batch job whose name contains formatting characters.
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: 0.003 (26.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cray Unicos
- Sgi Nqsdaemon — versions 3.3.0.16
References
- www.osvdb.org/3275 (vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/3590 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7618 (vdb-entry)