GNU locate in findutils 4.1 on Slackware 7.1 and 8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via an old formatted filename database (locatedb) that contains an entry with an out-of-range offset, which causes locate to write to arbitrary process memory.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-1036 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.40%). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21043 | exploit_db | edb | 2001-08-01 | 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 | 2025-11-19 | 0.13% | 0.40% | +0.26% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 0.27% | 0.13% | -0.14% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 0.27% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | findutils | 4.0 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:findutils:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | findutils | 4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:findutils:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| slackware | slackware_linux | 7.1 | cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| slackware | slackware_linux | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |