CVE-2001-1375

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: 2001-07-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

tcl/tk package (tcltk) 8.3.1 searches for its libraries in the current working directory before other directories, which could allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse library that is under a user-controlled directory.

Affected products

Conectiva Linux: 6.0, 7.0
RedHat Linux: 7.0

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000409
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6869.php
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/3073
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28226
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000409
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6869.php
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/3073
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28226

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