CVE-2001-1029

Published: Sep 20, 2001Modified: Apr 16, 2026

2.1

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

libutil in OpenSSH on FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier does not drop privileges before verifying the capabilities for reading the copyright and welcome files, which allows local users to bypass the capabilities checks and read arbitrary files by specifying alternate copyright or welcome files.

Affected (2)

Products: Openbsd: Openssh · Freebsd: Freebsd

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Openbsd Openssh	Version 4.5

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Freebsd Freebsd	Up to 4.4

References (6)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0173.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://www.osvdb.org/6073

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8697

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-09/0173.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

http://www.osvdb.org/6073

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8697

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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