01 Record
CVE-2001-0059
patchadd in Solaris allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
patchadd in Solaris allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
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
- 0.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 52.4% 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
- 376c1df7dfc516261cbc32301562bf081eb4988d1b5b3ece14c08c31cd2ebd71
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- marc.info20001218 Solaris patchadd(1) (3) symlink vulnerabiltyhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97720205217707&w=2
- www.securityfocus.com2127http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2127
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsolaris-patchadd-symlink(5789)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5789