CVE-2001-0384 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the ppd utility within Siemens Reliant Sinix (Reliant UNIX 5.4). An attacker can exploit a symlink race condition in the /tmp/ppd.trace file to corrupt arbitrary files on the system. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating low attack complexity and requiring local access, with a potential impact of partial integrity loss. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists, and there's some community discussion, suggesting awareness and potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.45CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:reliant_unix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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