CVE-2001-0736

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-10-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Vulnerability in (1) pine before 4.33 and (2) the pico editor, included with pine, allows local users local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Affected products

Engardelinux Secure Linux: 1.0.1
Immunix: 6.2, 7.0, 7.0_beta
Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 7.1, 7.2, 8.0
Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server: 1.0.1
RedHat Linux: 5.2, 6.2, 7.0
University Of Washington Pine: through 4.33

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98749102621604&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99106787825229&w=2
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-047.php3?dis=8.0
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-042.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6367
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98749102621604&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99106787825229&w=2
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-047.php3?dis=8.0
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-042.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6367

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