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CVE-2001-0979

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-09-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in swverify in HP-UX 11.0, and possibly other programs, allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.

Affected products

• Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HP-UX: 10.01, 10.10, 10.20, 11.00

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/211687
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3279
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7078
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/211687
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3279
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7078

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