CVE-2001-0988 describes a critical vulnerability in Arkeia backup server versions 4.2.8-2 and earlier, where database files are created with world-writable permissions. This misconfiguration allows local users to overwrite these files, potentially leading to data corruption or unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can result in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.2.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:knox_software:arkeia:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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