01 Record
CVE-2001-1256
kmmodreg in HP-UX 11.11, 11.04 and 11.00 allows local users to create arbitrary world-writeable files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/.kmmodreg_lock and (2) /tmp/kmpath.tmp temporary files.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
kmmodreg in HP-UX 11.11, 11.04 and 11.00 allows local users to create arbitrary world-writeable files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/.kmmodreg_lock and (2) /tmp/kmpath.tmp temporary files.
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
- 6.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.3% 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
- 2002-05-03 04:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-05-01
- 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
- 50278491ae2253f0a891bf8d0479f8665d562ad279afd6db48bd0586ff526aad
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5628https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5628
- www.securityfocus.com20010604 yet another sym link followershttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/188568
- ciac.llnl.govL-093http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/l-093.shtml
- www.securityfocus.com2821http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2821
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#127435http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/127435
- www.kb.cert.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/TJSL-4Z5Q92
- online.securityfocus.comHPSBUX0106-153http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3354
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comhpux-kmmodreg-symlink(6656)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6656