National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2001-0529
Original release date:08/14/2001
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
OpenSSH version 2.9 and earlier, with X forwarding enabled, allows a local attacker to delete any file named 'cookies' via a symlink attack.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#655259
Name: VU#655259
External Source: BID
Name: 2825
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: NETBSD
Name: NetBSD-SA2001-010
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CALDERA
Name: CSSA-2001-023.0
Type: Advisory
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20010604 Re: SSH allows deletion of other users files...
Type: Advisory
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20010604 SSH allows deletion of other users files...
Type: Advisory
External Source: XF
Name: openssh-symlink-file-deletion(6676)
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 1853
External Source: OPENBSD
Name: 20010612
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20010605 OpenSSH_2.5.2p2 RH7.0 <- version info
External Source: IMMUNIX
Name: IMNX-2001-70-034-01
External Source: CONECTIVA
Name: CLA-2001:431