CVE-2001-1091

NetBSD <1.5.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The (1) dump and (2) dump_lfs commands in NetBSD 1.4.x through 1.5.1 do not properly drop privileges, which could allow local users to gain privileges via the RCMD_CMD environment variable.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7037
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_netbsd
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2001-014.txt.asc

Scores

EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 18.6%

Details

Status published
Products (6)
netbsd/netbsd 1.4
netbsd/netbsd 1.4.1
netbsd/netbsd 1.4.2
netbsd/netbsd 1.4.3
netbsd/netbsd 1.5
netbsd/netbsd 1.5.1
Published Aug 23, 2001
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026