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Afterstep.Org

First CVE: Jun 27, 2001Active for: 25 yearsTotal CVEs: 1

Afterstep.Org maintains a niche window manager and desktop-environment product with a modest vulnerability history centered on the Afterstep application itself. The observed weakness classes reflect application-layer issues typical of X11 desktop software, and live severity, exploitation, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.

FAUCET AI Generated
1
Total CVEs
Bottom 1%
1.0
Avg CVEs / Product / Year
More Avg CVEs / Product / Year than 12% of tracked vendors
7.2
Avg CVSS Score
Higher Avg CVSS Score than 53% of tracked vendors
0.0%
In CISA KEV
Bottom 1%

Trends Over Time

The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Afterstep.Org over time

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Jun 27, 2001
25 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Jun 27, 2001
9,158 days ago

Products(1 total)

Top CVEs

Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (1 CVEs).

1 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
CVE-2001-0459HIGH
Buffer overflows in ascdc Afterstep while running setuid allows local users to gain root privileges via a long (1) -d option, (2) -m option, or (3) -f option.
Jun 27, 20017.227NOYES
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CVE Severity & Scoring

Severity distribution of CVEs that affect this vendor's products1 CVEs
100%
Severity distribution among all CVEs352,231 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
High
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network0 (0.0%)
Unknown1 (100.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown1 (100.0%)
User Interaction
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown1 (100.0%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown1 (100.0%)

Exploit Exposure

Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (1 CVEs).

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
1 CVE
100.0% of CVEs· 85th percentile

Social Chatter

An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Afterstep.Org.

Media Mentions

Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Afterstep.Org — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.

Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Afterstep.Org's Products

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