CVE-2001-0797 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the login program of various System V based operating systems, including those from HP, IBM, SCO, SGI, and Sun. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands by supplying an excessive number of arguments through services like telnet and rlogin. With a CVSS score of 10.0 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 100/100, its severity is extremely high, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog, multiple public exploits exist, including Metasploit modules and several ExploitDB entries, indicating readily available tools for exploitation. Despite its age and high exploitability, there is no current evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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