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CVE-2001-0421

CVE information

Published

22 years ago

Last Modified

5 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

FTP server in Solaris 8 and earlier allows local and remote attackers to cause a core dump in the root directory, possibly with world-readable permissions, by providing a valid username with an invalid password followed by a CWD ~ command, which could release sensitive information such as shadowed passwords, or fill the disk partition..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6.4/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
4.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -