Skip to content
Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2001-0468 json

Buffer overflow in FTPFS allows local users to gain root privileges via a long user name.

published 2001-05-24 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-0464

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in FTPFS allows local users to gain root privileges via a long user name.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20691)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20691 FTPFS 0.1.1/0.2.1/0.2.2 - mount Buffer Overflow local, 2001-03-13
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0163.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

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.