Vulnerability in Don Libes Expect
CVE-2001-1467
mkpasswd in expect 5.2.8, as used by Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7.0, seeds its random number generator with its process ID, which limits the space of possible seeds and makes it easier for attackers to conduct brute force password attacks.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/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: 0.026 (84.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Don Libes Expect — versions 5.2.8
References
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0173.html (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6382 (vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/527736 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2632 (vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0192.html (mailing-list)