CVE-2001-0132

Interscan VirusWall 3.6.x and earlier follows symbolic links when uninstalling the product, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Published: 2001-03-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0132 is rated Low Risk (10.9/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0132

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 2026-06-15 0.07% 0.26% +0.18%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.07% +0.03%
3 2023-03-07 0.04%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0132

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.2 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
1.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0132

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0132

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
trend_micro interscan_viruswall <= 3.6 cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:interscan_viruswall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trend_micro interscan_viruswall 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:interscan_viruswall:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0132

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