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01 Record

CVE-2001-0279

Buffer overflow in sudo earlier than 1.6.3p6 allows local users to gain root privileges.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
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02 Description

Buffer overflow in sudo earlier than 1.6.3p6 allows local users 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
0.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 58.2% 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 04:14Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2001-04-04
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
c3b5b4be909bb65a23f07921575b559ed19aeb0889fcbc2b322cf57ccc598127

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
debiandebian_linuxNot specified—
mandrakesoftmandrake_linuxNot specified—
mandrakesoftmandrake_linux_corporate_serverNot specified—
redhatlinuxNot specified—
redhatpowertoolsNot specified—

06 References