CVE-2001-0641

Exp

Buffer overflow in man program in various distributions of Linux allows local user to execute arbitrary code as group man via a long -S option.

Published: 2001-09-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-0641 is rated Exploit Available (57.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.26%). 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-2001-0641

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20843 exploit_db edb 2001-05-13 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0641

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 0.37% 1.26% +0.89%
2 2025-11-22 0.25% 0.37% +0.11%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.25% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0641

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-2001-0641

OS Trackers for CVE-2001-0641

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-0641

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0641

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
immunix immunix 6.2 cpe:2.3:a:immunix:immunix:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
immunix immunix 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:immunix:immunix:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
immunix immunix 7.0_beta cpe:2.3:a:immunix:immunix:7.0_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 5.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 6.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 6.3 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 6.4 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 7.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0641

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