01 Record
CVE-2001-0053
One-byte buffer overflow in replydirname function in BSD-based ftpd allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
One-byte buffer overflow in replydirname function in BSD-based ftpd allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 17.92% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2001-05-07 04:00Z25 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2001-02-01
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- cdd45cc8881a01ff431ab955e877e6d0b5d35b22b23f61b7a11c38a1d3d48fcf
05 Affected products
06 References
- ftp.netbsd.orgNetBSD-SA2000-018ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-018.txt.asc
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.combsd-ftpd-replydirname-bo(5776)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5776
- archives.neohapsis.com20001218 Trustix Security Advisory - ed, tcsh, and ftpd-BSDhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0275.html
- www.openbsd.org20001218http://www.openbsd.org/advisories/ftpd_replydirname.txt
- www.securityfocus.com2124http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2124