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CVE-2001-0120

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0120 describes a local vulnerability in the useradd program within shadow-utils, affecting various Linux distributions including Immunix, Mandrake Linux, and Red Hat Linux. This flaw allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack. Rated with a CVSS score of 1.2 (LOW), exploitation requires high attack complexity and results in partial integrity impact, with no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0_betaCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:immunix:immunix:7.0_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

1.2LOW

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 19th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/5927
linux-mandrake.com / en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-007.php3
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/2196
PatchVendor Advisory