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CVE-2001-0059

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-02-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

patchadd in Solaris allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Affected products

• Sunos: 5.7

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97720205217707&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2127
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5789
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97720205217707&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2127
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5789

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