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CVE-2001-1272

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 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: 2001-12-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

wmtv 0.6.5 and earlier does not properly drop privileges, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via the -e (external command) option.

Affected products

• Wliang Wmtv: through 0.6.5

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-092
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7669.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3658
• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-092
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7669.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3658

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