CVE-2001-0797 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 94.7% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Buffer overflow in login in various System V based operating systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a large number of arguments through services such as telnet and rlogin.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 94.74% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2001-12-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (6)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| hp | hp-ux |
| ibm | aix |
| sco | openserver |
| sgi | irix |
| sun | solaris |
| sun | sunos |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | System V Derived /bin/login - Extraneous Arguments Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) | 2010-07-03 |
| exploit-db | Solaris TelnetD - 'TTYPROMPT' Remote Buffer Overflow (2) (Metasploit) | 2010-06-22 |
| exploit-db | Solaris 2.5.1/2.6/7/8 rlogin (SPARC) - '/bin/login' Remote Buffer Overflow | 2004-12-24 |
| exploit-db | Solaris 2.x/7.0/8 - Derived 'login' Remote Buffer Overflow | 2003-01-09 |
| exploit-db | Solaris 2.6/7/8 - 'TTYPROMPT in.telnet' Remote Authentication Bypass | 2002-11-02 |
| exploit-db | Solaris TelnetD - 'TTYPROMPT' Remote Buffer Overflow (1) (Metasploit) | 2002-01-18 |
| exploit-db | Solaris /bin/login (SPARC/x86) - Remote Code Execution | 2001-12-20 |
| exploit-db | System V Derived /bin/login - Extraneous Arguments Buffer Overflow (modem based) (Metasploit) | 2001-12-12 |
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20011201-01-I
- ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openserver/CSSA-2001-SCO.40/CSSA-2001-SCO.40.txt
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100844757228307&w=2
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/213
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY26221&apar=only
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-34.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/569272
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/246487
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3681
- http://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise105.php
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7284
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2025
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20011201-01-I
- ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openserver/CSSA-2001-SCO.40/CSSA-2001-SCO.40.txt
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100844757228307&w=2
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/213
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY26221&apar=only
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-34.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/569272
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/246487
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