CVE-2001-0249 describes a critical heap overflow vulnerability in the FTP daemon of Solaris 8, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by crafting long pathnames and using the LIST command. This flaw impacts several operating systems including HP-UX, IRIX, and Solaris, posing a significant risk to affected systems. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there are no known public exploits in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.5, <= 6.5.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.