CVE-2001-0421

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-07-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

FTP server in Solaris 8 and earlier allows local and remote attackers to cause a core dump in the root directory, possibly with world-readable permissions, by providing a valid username with an invalid password followed by a CWD ~ command, which could release sensitive information such as shadowed passwords, or fill the disk partition.

Affected products

Sun Solaris: 2.6
Sunos: through 5.9

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/177200
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2601
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/177200
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2601

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