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CVE-2001-0459

CVE information

Published

23 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

Description

Buffer overflows in ascdc Afterstep while running setuid allows local users to gain root privileges via a long (1) -d option, (2) -m option, or (3) -f option..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.2/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:afterstep.org:afterstep:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:rob_malda:ascdc:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -