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CVE-2001-0736

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0736 describes a local file overwrite vulnerability affecting Pine email client versions prior to 4.33 and the Pico editor bundled with it. This flaw allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system through a symlink attack. Rated with a low CVSS score of 2.1, the attack requires local access and has a low attack complexity, primarily impacting integrity with no confidentiality or availability concerns. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking Metasploit or Nuclei modules, an exploit for Pico 3.x/4.x is available on ExploitDB, though there is no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:immunix:immunix:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:immunix:immunix:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0_betaCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:immunix:immunix:7.0_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 4.33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:pine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:engardelinux:secure_linux:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-20493 · Dec 11, 2000
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0081 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 5.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 6.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.0
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2001-0736

security flaw

Mar 31, 2001

References

marc.info
marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/6367
linux-mandrake.com / en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-047.php3
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2001-042.html
PatchVendor Advisory