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CVE-2001-0141

10
FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0141 describes a symlink attack vulnerability in mgetty version 1.1.22, allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files under specific configurations. This vulnerability is rated as LOW severity with a CVSS score of 1.2, indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity and a potential impact of partial integrity loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gert_doering:mgetty:1.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
24.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0032 is in the 32nd 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 5.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 6.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2001-0141

security flaw

Jan 10, 2001

References

marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/5918
calderasystems.com / support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-002.0.txt
Patch
debian.org / security/2001/dsa-011
Patch
linux-mandrake.com / en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-009.php3
Patch
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2001-050.html
securityfocus.com / bid/2187
PatchVendor Advisory