01 Record
CVE-2001-0087
itetris/xitetris 1.6.2 and earlier trusts the PATH environmental variable to find and execute the gunzip program, which allows local users to gain root privileges by changing their PATH so that it
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
itetris/xitetris 1.6.2 and earlier trusts the PATH environmental variable to find and execute the gunzip program, which allows local users to gain root privileges by changing their PATH so that it
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
- 0.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 59.1% 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
- 2001-02-02 05:00Z25 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
- 63b291a69c4cb3c621b8818654c58acc731a9c1d110cec0e37a4b7a5fa3769e2
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com2139http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2139
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comitetris-svgalib-path(5795)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5795
- archives.neohapsis.com20001219 itetris[v1.6.2] local root exploit (system()+../ protection)http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0295.html