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CVE-2001-0859

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-12-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

2.4.3-12 kernel in Red Hat Linux 7.1 Korean installation program sets the setting default umask for init to 000, which installs files with world-writeable permissions.

Affected products

• RedHat Linux: 7.1

References

• http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3725
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-148.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3527
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7549
• http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3725
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-148.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3527
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7549

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