CVE-2001-1164 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in several uucp utilities within Caldera UnixWare 7. This flaw allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code by supplying excessively long command-line arguments to programs such as uucp, uux, and uucico. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:caldera:unixware:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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