CVE-2001-0759 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the bctool utility of Jetico BestCrypt versions 0.8.1 and earlier. This flaw allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted long pathname during an unmount operation. The vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 7.2), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, but leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, and the CVE has garnered significant community discussion, though no active exploitation or media coverage has been observed.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jetico:bestcrypt:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jetico:bestcrypt:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jetico:bestcrypt:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.