CVE-2001-0060

Format string vulnerability in stunnel 3.8 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed ident username.

Published: 2001-02-12 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0060 is rated High Risk (65.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.06%). Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0060

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 2.10% 1.06% -1.03%
2 2025-03-29 1.06% 2.10% +1.03%
3 2025-03-17 1.06%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0060

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0060

OS Trackers for CVE-2001-0060

vendor priority summary link
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-0060

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0060

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
stunnel stunnel 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
stunnel stunnel 3.4a cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:3.4a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
stunnel stunnel 3.7 cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
stunnel stunnel 3.8 cpe:2.3:a:stunnel:stunnel:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0060

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