CVE-2001-0421
FTP server in Solaris 8 and earlier allows local and remote attackers to cause a core dump in the root directory, possibly with world-readable permissions,...
- Published
- May 24, 2001
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Apr 17, 2001
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:PLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 93.3%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
FTP server in Solaris 8 and earlier allows local and remote attackers to cause a core dump in the root directory, possibly with world-readable permissions, by providing a valid username with an invalid password followed by a CWD ~ command, which could release sensitive information such as shadowed passwords, or fill the disk partition.
Sources
1warning3 · solaris · Apr 17, 2001
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