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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2001-0797 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in login in various System V based operating systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a large numb…

published 2001-12-12 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-0781

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
95.0%
EPSS 95.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.8%
public exploits
10
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in login in various System V based operating systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a large number of arguments through services such as telnet and rlogin.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/solaris/dialup/manyargs)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

95.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/solaris/telnet/ttyprompt Solaris in.telnetd TTYPROMPT Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2002-01-18
  • Metasploit exploit/solaris/dialup/manyargs System V Derived /bin/login Extraneous Arguments Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, good rank, 2001-12-12
  • EDB-21179 Solaris 2.x/7.0/8 - Derived 'login' Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2003-01-09
  • EDB-16928 System V Derived /bin/login - Extraneous Arguments Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-07-03
  • EDB-16327 Solaris TelnetD - 'TTYPROMPT' Remote Buffer Overflow (2) (Metasploit) remote, 2010-06-22
  • EDB-10036 System V Derived /bin/login - Extraneous Arguments Buffer Overflow (modem based) (Metasploit) remote, 2001-12-12
  • EDB-9917 Solaris TelnetD - 'TTYPROMPT' Remote Buffer Overflow (1) (Metasploit) remote, 2002-01-18
  • EDB-716 Solaris 2.5.1/2.6/7/8 rlogin (SPARC) - '/bin/login' Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2004-12-24
  • EDB-346 Solaris /bin/login (SPARC/x86) - Remote Code Execution remote, 2001-12-20
  • EDB-57 Solaris 2.6/7/8 - 'TTYPROMPT in.telnet' Remote Authentication Bypass remote, 2002-11-02
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3681 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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