CVE-2001-1092 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

msgchk in Digital UNIX 4.0G and earlier allows a local user to read the first line of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .mh_profile file.

Published: 2002-03-15

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0d:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0e:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0f:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0g:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-1073	msgchk in Digital UNIX 4.0G and earlier allows a local user to read the first line of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .mh_profile file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00404.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/440539
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/213238
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3320
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7102

History

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Subscriptions

Compaq Tru64

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-15T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:44:07.525Z

Reserved: 2002-03-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1092

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-09-10T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-1092

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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