CVE-2001-0968 describes a critical vulnerability in Knox Arkeia server 4.2 and potentially other versions, where the root user is installed with a null password by default. This flaw allows both local and remote attackers to easily gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and results in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant media coverage, though it has garnered some community discussion on platforms like GitHub.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:knox_software:arkeia:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:knox_software:arkeia:4.2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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.