CVE-2001-1433 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cherokee web server before 0.2.7 does not properly drop root privileges after binding to port 80, which could allow remote attackers to gain privileges via other vulnerabilities.

Published: 2005-03-24

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.3% 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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.1.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.1.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.2.6:::::::*

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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-2001-1413	Cherokee web server before 0.2.7 does not properly drop root privileges after binding to port 80, which could allow remote attackers to gain privileges via other vulnerabilities.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01268.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2001-q4/0085.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/245795
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3771
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7797

History

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Subscriptions

Cherokee Cherokee Httpd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-03-24T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:58:10.989Z

Reserved: 2005-03-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1433

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-12-29T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2001-1433

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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