01 Record
CVE-2001-1345
bctool in Jetico BestCrypt 0.7 and earlier trusts the user-supplied PATH to find and execute an fsck utility program, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH to point to a
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
bctool in Jetico BestCrypt 0.7 and earlier trusts the user-supplied PATH to find and execute an fsck utility program, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH to point to a
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
- 0.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 42.4% 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
- 2002-06-25 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
- f6963ee4be7313a75484dd3ee68702189f74cce64c1439540f72ed5bf432d91c
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- archives.neohapsis.com20010604 Fatal flaw in BestCrypt <= v0.7 (Linux)http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0005.html
- www.securityfocus.com2820http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2820
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.combestcrypt-bctool-gain-privileges(6648)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6648
- www.jetico.comhttp://www.jetico.com/index.htm#/linux.htm