CVE-2001-1029
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.
Published:Sep 20, 2001
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Sep 1, 2004
EPSS Score:0.00112
CVSS Score:2.1
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Freebsd
Product
Freebsd
Freebsd
Freebsd
Vendor
Openbsd
Product
Openssh
Openbsd
Openssh
Exploits
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
