CVE-2001-1384

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-10-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

ptrace in Linux 2.2.x through 2.2.19, and 2.4.x through 2.4.9, allows local users to gain root privileges by running ptrace on a setuid or setgid program that itself calls an unprivileged program, such as newgrp.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.2.5 (+20)

References

http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-035-01
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100343090106914&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100350685431610&w=2
http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3713
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7311.php
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-079.php3
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-082.php3
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-1650.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_036_kernel_txt.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-129.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-130.html

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