CVE-2001-1000

Exp

rlmadmin RADIUS management utility in Merit AAA Server 3.8M, 5.01, and possibly other versions, allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the rlmadmin.help file.

Published: 2001-09-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-1000 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.85%). 3 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-2001-1000

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21101 exploit_db edb 2001-09-07 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1000

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 0.38% 0.85% +0.47%
2 2026-02-21 0.17% 0.38% +0.21%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.17% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1000

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-2001-1000

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1000

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
merit aaa_radius_server 3.8m cpe:2.3:a:merit:aaa_radius_server:3.8m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
merit aaa_radius_server 5.01 cpe:2.3:a:merit:aaa_radius_server:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1000

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