CVE-2001-1582

Exp

Buffer overflow in the LDAP naming services library (libsldap) in Sun Solaris 8 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long LDAP_OPTIONS environment variable to a privileged program that uses libsldap.

Published: 2001-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-1582 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.30%). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.12% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2001-1582

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20970 exploit_db edb 2001-06-27 Exploit-DB ↗
20969 exploit_db edb 2001-06-26 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1582

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 0.18% 1.30% +1.12%
2 2025-03-17 0.10% 0.18% +0.07%
3 2024-12-17 0.10%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1582

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-2001-1582

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1582

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun solaris 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:unkown:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.8 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1582

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