CVE-2001-1345

Exp

bctool in Jetico BestCrypt 0.7 and earlier trusts the user-supplied PATH to find and execute an fsck utility program, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH to point to a Trojan horse program.

Published: 2001-06-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-1345 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.50%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2001-1345

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1345

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 0.06% 0.50% +0.44%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 0.04%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1345

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-2001-1345

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1345

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jetico bestcrypt <= 0.7 cpe:2.3:a:jetico:bestcrypt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1345

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