Vulnerability in Jetico Bestcrypt
CVE-2001-1345
bctool in Jetico BestCrypt 0.7 and earlier trusts the user-supplied PATH to find and execute an fsck utility program, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH to point to a Trojan horse program.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (40.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0005.html (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2820 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6648 (vdb-entry)
- www.jetico.com/index.htm