CVE-2001-0906

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Published: 2001-06-22 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-0906 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.95%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2001-0906

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20990 exploit_db edb 2001-06-22 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0906

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 0.22% 0.95% +0.73%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.22% +0.18%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0906

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.2 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 1.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0906

OS Trackers for CVE-2001-0906

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-0906

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0906

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tetex tetex <= 1.0.7.7 cpe:2.3:a:tetex:tetex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0906

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