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CVE-2001-0529

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0529 describes a local symlink vulnerability in OpenSSH version 2.9 and earlier, affecting OpenBSD and OpenSSH products when X forwarding is enabled. An attacker can exploit this to delete any file named 'cookies'. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.2, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, leading to complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:openssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
46.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0062 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ftp.netbsd.org / pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2001-010.txt.asc
PatchVendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0322.html
ExploitVendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0007.html
Vendor Advisory
distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
download.immunix.org / ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-034-01
online.securityfocus.com / archive/1/188737
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/6676
calderasystems.com / support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-023.0.txt
Vendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/655259
US Government Resource
openbsd.org / errata29.html
osvdb.org / 1853
securityfocus.com / bid/2825
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory