CVE-2001-1577

Unknown vulnerability in CDE in Caldera OpenUnix 7.1.0, 7.1.1, and 8.0 allows an xterm session to gain privileges when the session is reused.

Published: 2001-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-1577 is rated Moderate Risk (52.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.53%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1577

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 0.59% 0.53% -0.06%
2 2025-03-29 0.53% 0.59% +0.06%
3 2025-03-17 0.53%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1577

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-1577

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1577

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
caldera unixware 7.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:caldera:unixware:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
caldera unixware 7.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:caldera:unixware:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
caldera openunix 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openunix:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1577

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