01 Record
CVE-2001-0989
Buffer overflows in Pileup before 1.2 allows local users to gain root privileges via (1) long command line arguments, or (2) a long callsign.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflows in Pileup before 1.2 allows local users to gain root privileges via (1) long command line arguments, or (2) a long callsign.
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
- 0.82% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 57.0% 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
- 2002-02-02 05:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-01-31
- 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
- 3b8519a165f666906ba9ec7887eb4027f60366c51c97aa44fec25314be820474
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.babbage.demon.co.ukhttp://www.babbage.demon.co.uk/linux/pileup-1.2/pileup-1.2.tar.gz
- archives.neohapsis.com20010723 pileup 1.2http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0512.html
- www.securityfocus.com3086http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3086