VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2001-0421

CVSS score6.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability6.21%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2001-07-02
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Description

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.

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