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CVE-2001-0193

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0193 is a format string vulnerability in the 'man' utility affecting specific versions of Debian and SuSE Linux. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by providing a specially crafted '-l' parameter. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), exploitation is straightforward (low attack complexity) and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, indicating its potential for abuse. Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:powerpc:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-20604 · Jan 31, 2001
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0106 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 3,237 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/6059
debian.org / security/2001/dsa-028
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/2327
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory