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CVE-2001-0196

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0196 describes a vulnerability in the inetd ident server in FreeBSD 4.x and earlier versions. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read the first 16 bytes of files accessible by the wheel group due to improper group permissions. The vulnerability has a medium severity CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a partial confidentiality impact. 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
3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0154 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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 0.4 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

ftp.freebsd.org / pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:11.inetd.v1.1.asc
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/6052
osvdb.org / 1753
securityfocus.com / bid/2324
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