CVE-2001-0589

NetScreen ScreenOS prior to 2.5r6 on the NetScreen-10 and Netscreen-100 can allow a local attacker to bypass the DMZ 'denial' policy via specific traffic patterns.

Published: 2001-08-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-0589 is rated Low Risk (17.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.33%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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-2001-0589

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% 0.33% +0.27%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.07% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0589

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:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0589

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0589

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
juniper netscreen_screenos 1.64 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:netscreen_screenos:1.64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper netscreen_screenos 1.66 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:netscreen_screenos:1.66:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper netscreen_screenos 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:netscreen_screenos:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper netscreen_screenos 2.5 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:netscreen_screenos:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0589

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