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CVE-2001-1374

• 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: 2001-07-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

expect before 5.32 searches for its libraries in /var/tmp before other directories, which could allow local users to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse library that is accessed by mkpasswd.

Affected products

• Conectiva Linux: 6.0, 7.0
• Don Libes Expect: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.0 (+31)
• RedHat Linux: 7.0

References

• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000409
• http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:060
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-148.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3074
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22187
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28224
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6870
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000409
• http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:060
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-148.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3074
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22187

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