CVE-2001-1562

Format string vulnerability in nvi before 1.79 allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in a filename.

Published: 2001-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-1562 is rated Low Risk (32.7/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1562

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 2025-03-30 0.07% 0.05% -0.02%
2 2025-03-29 0.05% 0.07% +0.02%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1562

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-2001-1562

OS Trackers for CVE-2001-1562

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2001-1562 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (nvi), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2001-1562

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1562

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bsd nvi 1.79 cpe:2.3:o:bsd:nvi:1.79:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1562

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