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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2001-0220 json

Buffer overflow in ja-elvis and ko-helvis ports of elvis allow local users to gain root privileges.

published 2001-03-09 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-0220

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in ja-elvis and ko-helvis ports of elvis allow local users to gain root privileges.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-287)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-287 FreeBSD 3.5.1/4.2 - Ports Package 'elvrec' Local Privilege Escalation local, 2001-03-03
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2001-02/0082.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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