CVE-2001-0576

Exp

lpusers as included with SCO OpenServer 5.0 through 5.0.6 allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a buffer overflow attack in the '-u' command line parameter.

Published: 2001-08-22 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0576 is rated Exploit Available (57.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.55%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2001-0576

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20739 exploit_db edb 2001-03-27 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0576

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 2026-02-08 0.26% 0.55% +0.29%
2 2025-03-30 0.39% 0.26% -0.13%
3 2025-03-29 0.39%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0576

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0576

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0576

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sco openserver <= 5.0.6 cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0576

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