CVE-2001-0249
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 24, 2001 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:53 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsSolarisHP UxIrix
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 20%
Description
Heap overflow in FTP daemon in Solaris 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by creating a long pathname and calling the LIST command, which uses glob to generate long strings.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-07.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_NAIBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.nai.com/research/covert/advisories/048.aspVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2550VDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6332CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-131
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