CVE-2001-1562
Format string vulnerability in nvi before 1.79 allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in a filename.
02 Description
Format string vulnerability in nvi before 1.79 allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in a filename.
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
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 33.6% 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
- 2005-07-14 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-07-14
- 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
- 8ab5f3106fd09262fc41418983faabb93935ce302285d5911b5553db99f5ed19
05 Affected products
06 References
- marc.infoSuSE-SA:2001:040http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100526142205694&w=2
- www.debian.orgDSA-085http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-085
- www.securityfocus.com3456http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3456
- www.iss.netnvi-format-string(7317)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7317.php
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- nvi Fixed in 1.79-16a.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- nvi Fixed in 1.79-16a.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- nvi Fixed in 1.79-16a.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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