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CVE-2001-1147

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-1147 describes a critical vulnerability in the PAM implementation of /bin/login within the util-linux package (versions prior to 2.11). This flaw allows password entries to be inadvertently shared between different users across multiple PAM calls, potentially exposing credentials. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), it carries a significant risk of complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, requiring local access but with low attack complexity. Despite its age and high community discussion (10 mentions), there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.10sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:util-linux:2.10s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.11fCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:util-linux:2.11f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.11hCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:util-linux:2.11h:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.11iCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:util-linux:2.11i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.11kCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:andries_brouwer:util-linux:2.11k:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 3,235 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2001-1147Important

security flaw

Oct 8, 2001

References

ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/m-009.shtml
iss.net / security_center/static/7266.php
PatchVendor Advisory
linux-mandrake.com / en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-084.php3
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2001_034_shadow_txt.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2001-132.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/219175
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/3415
PatchVendor Advisory