CVE-2001-1415 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the vi.recover utility within OpenBSD versions prior to 3.1. An authenticated local attacker could exploit this flaw to delete arbitrary zero-byte files, including critical device nodes, impacting system integrity. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), this vulnerability requires local access and has a low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this older CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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