$ cve CVE-2001-0979 JSON

CVE-2001-0979 EXPLOIT

7.2

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.6% (pctl 74)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Buffer overflow in swverify in HP-UX 11.0, and possibly other programs, allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

CVSS	7.2 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS	1.56% — more likely to be exploited than 74% of all CVEs
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2001-09-03
Last modified	2026-06-16

Vendor	Product
hp	hp-ux

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	HP-UX 11.0/11.11 - 'swxxx' Privilege Escalation	2002-12-11
exploit-db	HP-UX 11.0 - SWVerify Buffer Overflow	2001-09-03