CVE-2001-1093 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the msgchk utility found in Digital UNIX 4.0G and earlier versions. This flaw allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by supplying an excessively long command line argument. The vulnerability is rated as HIGH severity (CVSS 7.2), indicating a complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability is possible with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While not on the KEV catalog or actively exploited, public exploit code exists (EDB-21105), though there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0dCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0d:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0eCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0e:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0fCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0f:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0gCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0g:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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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.