CVE-2001-0421 describes a vulnerability in the FTP server of Solaris 8 and earlier versions. Attackers can trigger a core dump in the root directory, potentially with world-readable permissions, by providing a valid username with an invalid password followed by a CWD ~ command. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.4 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and could lead to partial confidentiality and availability impacts, such as the release of sensitive shadowed passwords or disk partition filling. While no active exploitation is noted, an ExploitDB entry exists for recovering shadowed passwords, but there is no evidence of Metasploit or Nuclei modules, and community discussion and media coverage are absent.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 5.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.