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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2001-0652 json

Heap overflow in xlock in Solaris 2.6 through 8 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long (1) XFILESEARCHPATH or (2) XUSERFILES…

published 2001-10-30 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-0638

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 60%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Heap overflow in xlock in Solaris 2.6 through 8 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long (1) XFILESEARCHPATH or (2) XUSERFILESEARCHPATH environmental variable.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21059)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21059 Solaris 8 - x86 xlock Heap Overflow local, 2001-08-10
  • EDB-21058 Solaris 2.6/7/8 (SPARC) - xlock Heap Overflow local, 2001-08-10

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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