CVE-2001-0170

Exp

glibc 2.1.9x and earlier does not properly clear the RESOLV_HOST_CONF, HOSTALIASES, or RES_OPTIONS environmental variables when executing setuid/setgid programs, which could allow local users to read arbitrary files.

Published: 2001-03-26 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-0170 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.64%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2001-0170

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
258 exploit_db edb 2001-01-25 Exploit-DB ↗
317 exploit_db edb 1996-01-01 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0170

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 2025-11-18 0.26% 0.64% +0.38%
2 2025-03-30 0.36% 0.26% -0.09%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.36% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0170

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0170

OS Trackers for CVE-2001-0170

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-0170

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0170

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
immunix immunix 7.0_beta cpe:2.3:a:immunix:immunix:7.0_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 4.0es cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.0es:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 4.2 cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux ecommerce cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:ecommerce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux graficas cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:graficas:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 2.3 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0170

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