VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2001-1029
CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability1.37%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2001-09-20
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
libutil in OpenSSH on FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier does not drop privileges before verifying the capabilities for reading the copyright and welcome files, which allows local users to bypass the capabilities checks and read arbitrary files by specifying alternate copyright or welcome files.