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CVE-2001-1012

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-1012 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in GNU screen versions prior to 3.9.10, specifically affecting SUSE Linux. This flaw allows local users to gain root privileges if a subdirectory exists under /tmp/screens/ due to a multi-attach error. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), it presents a critical risk with low attack complexity and full 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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 23rd percentile among its peer group of 3,237 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, 0.1 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

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/7134
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2001_030_screen_txt.html