CVE-2001-0891

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Summary

CVECVE-2001-0891
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-01-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionFormat string vulnerability in NQS daemon (nqsdaemon) in NQE 3.3.0.16 for CRAY UNICOS and SGI IRIX allows a local user to gain root privileges by using qsub to submit a batch job whose name contains formatting characters.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Cray Unicos All All All All
Application Sgi Nqsdaemon 3.3.0.16 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Cray UNICOS NQS Daemon Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20020101-01-I af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
'UNICOS LOCAL HOLE ALL VERSIONS' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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