CVE-2001-1541

Exp

Buffer overflow in Unix-to-Unix Copy Protocol (UUCP) in BSDI BSD/OS 3.0 through 4.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long command line argument.

Published: 2001-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-1541 is rated Exploit Available (59.5/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.60%). 1 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-2001-1541

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1541

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 0.26% 0.60% +0.34%
2 2025-07-24 0.07% 0.26% +0.19%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.07% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1541

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-1541

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1541

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bsdi bsd_os 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bsdi bsd_os 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bsdi bsd_os 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bsdi bsd_os 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bsdi bsd_os 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bsdi bsd_os 4.2 cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1541

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