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CVE-2001-0138

10
FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0138 describes a local file overwrite vulnerability in the privatepw program of wu-ftpd versions prior to 2.6.1-6, affecting Debian, Immunix, Mandrakesoft, and Red Hat distributions. This low-severity vulnerability (CVSS 1.2) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack, requiring high attack complexity and resulting in partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this older CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0_betaCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:immunix:immunix:7.0_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:68k:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:arm:*:*:*:*:*

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

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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/5915
debian.org / security/2001/dsa-016
linux-mandrake.com / en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-001.php3
securityfocus.com / bid/2189
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