CVE-2001-1066 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the ns6install script for Netscape 6.01 and other versions on Solaris. This flaw allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating low attack complexity and impact, primarily affecting integrity (I:P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion, with only a few GitHub mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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.
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.