CVE-2001-0093 describes a critical vulnerability in the telnetd service within FreeBSD 1.5, allowing local users to escalate privileges to root. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.2) has a low attack complexity, requiring local access, but grants complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists for remote command execution, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.