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CVE-2001-1029

LOW · CVSS 2.1 EPSS 1.37%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2001-09-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 2.1. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2001-1029
Severity
LOW
CVSS
2.1
EPSS
1.37%

Original NVD Description

libutil in OpenSSH on FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier does not drop privileges before verifying the capabilities for reading the copyright and welcome files, which allows local users to bypass the capabilities checks and read arbitrary files by specifying alternate copyright or welcome files.