CVE-2001-1240

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 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: 2001-07-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The default configuration of sudo in Engarde Secure Linux 1.0.1 allows any user in the admin group to run certain commands that could be leveraged to gain full root access.

Affected products

Engardelinux Secure Linux: 1.0.1

References

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1493.html
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1493.html

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