CVE-2001-0529
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.2
7.2CVSS HIGH
Summary
OpenSSH version 2.9 and earlier, with X forwarding enabled, allows a local attacker to delete any file named 'cookies' via a symlink attack.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2001-010.txt.asc ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2001-010.txt.ascPatch
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0322.htmlAdvisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0007.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-023.0.txtAdvisory
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000431
- http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-034-01
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/188737
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/655259