Apache on Red Hat Linux with with the UserDir directive enabled generates different error codes when a username exists and there is no public_html directory and when the username does not exist, which could allow remote attackers to determine valid usernames on the server.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-1013 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 68.12%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21112 | exploit_db | edb | 2001-09-12 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-08-25 | 71.84% | 68.12% | -3.72% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 67.06% | 71.84% | +4.77% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 67.06% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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— | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-1013 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2000-q3/0083.html | Vendor Advisory |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2000-q3/0087.html | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2000-q3/0094.html | Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/213667 | Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3335 | Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7129 |