CVE-2001-1029

Published Sep 1, 2004 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
libutil in OpenSSH on FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier does not drop privileges before verifying the capabilities for reading the copyright and welcome files, which allows local users to bypass the capabilities checks and read arbitrary files by specifying alternate copyright or welcome files.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2001-1010 libutil in OpenSSH on FreeBSD 4.4 and earlier does not drop privileges before verifying the capabilities for reading the copyright and welcome files, which allows local users to bypass the capabilities checks and read arbitrary files by specifying alternate copyright or welcome files.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 8, 2024, 4:44 AM
Reserved
Jan 31, 2002, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 20, 2001, 4:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 9:55 PM