CVE-2001-1036

GNU locate in findutils 4.1 on Slackware 7.1 and 8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via an old formatted filename database (locatedb) that contains an entry with an out-of-range offset, which causes locate to write to arbitrary process memory.

CVSS v2.0

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 57th percentile

Published

2003-04-02

Updated

2024-08-08

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21043

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2001-1029
• CVE-2001-1044
• CVE-2001-1022
• CVE-2001-1045
• CVE-2001-1021
• CVE-2001-1055