CVE-2001-0627 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the 'vi' editor included with SCO OpenServer versions 5.0 through 5.0.6. An attacker can exploit this flaw through a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.7, indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity, and potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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