CVE-2001-0961 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability within the tab expansion capability of the 'most' program, specifically affecting john_e._davis most. This flaw allows both local and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems by tricking a user into viewing a specially crafted, malformed file. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this vulnerability is highly severe, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it lacks community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:john_e._davis:most:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:john_e._davis:most:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:john_e._davis:most:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:john_e._davis:most:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:john_e._davis:most:4.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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