CVE-2001-0529

medium

Description

OpenSSH version 2.9 and earlier, with X forwarding enabled, allows a local attacker to delete any file named 'cookies' via a symlink attack.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6676

http://www.osvdb.org/1853

http://www.openbsd.org/errata29.html

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/655259

http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-023.0.txt

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/188737

http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-034-01

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000431

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0007.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-08-14

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00137