CVE-2001-0989 describes buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Pileup versions prior to 1.2, specifically affecting the 'richard_everitt pileup' product. These flaws allow local users to achieve root privileges through excessively long command line arguments or a long callsign. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV list, an exploit for Debian 2.2 is publicly available on ExploitDB, and the CVE has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:richard_everitt:pileup:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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