CVE-2001-0279
HighPublished
Buffer overflow in sudo earlier than 1.6.3p6 allows local users to gain root privileges.
- Published
- May 7, 2001
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Feb 22, 2001
Primary CVSS
7.2/ 10High
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C0.9%
Low · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 56.6%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Buffer overflow in sudo earlier than 1.6.3p6 allows local users to gain root privileges.
Sources
1MaXX · linux · Feb 22, 2001
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