CVE-2001-1129

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2001-11-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerabilities in (1) _probuild, (2) _dbutil, (3) _mprosrv, (4) _mprshut, (5) _proapsv, (6) _progres, (7) _proutil, (8) _rfutil and (9) prolib in Progress database 9.1C allows a local user to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the file used by the PROMSGS environment variable.

Affected products

Progress: 9.1c

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/224395
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3502
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7457
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/224395
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3502
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7457

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