Vulnerability Report

CVE-2001-0053

Title: ftpd replydirname one-byte overflow allows root

Local privilege escalation

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2001-0053

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Feb 12, 2001
Modified Date Apr 03, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
15.60%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2001-0053: One-byte buffer overflow in replydirname function in BSD-based ftpd allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.

Impacted Vendors

D
david_madore 1

Reference Links

ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-018.txt.asc http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0275.html http://www.openbsd.org/advisories/ftpd_replydirname.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2124 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5776 ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-018.txt.asc http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0275.html http://www.openbsd.org/advisories/ftpd_replydirname.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2124 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5776
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
10.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2001-0053 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/234
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20512
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.