CVE-2001-1345

high

Description

bctool in Jetico BestCrypt 0.7 and earlier trusts the user-supplied PATH to find and execute an fsck utility program, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH to point to a Trojan horse program.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6648

http://www.jetico.com/index.htm#/linux.htm

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0005.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-06-05

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00061