CVE-2001-0208 — MicroFocus Cobol 4.1, with the AppTrack feature enabled, installs the mfaslmf directory and the nolicense file with insecure permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying files

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MEDIUM

MicroFocus Cobol 4.1, with the AppTrack feature enabled, installs the mfaslmf directory and the nolicense file with insecure permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying files

Published Mar 9, 2001

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.70%

Description

MicroFocus Cobol 4.1, with the AppTrack feature enabled, installs the mfaslmf directory and the nolicense file with insecure permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying files.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.70% 0.00701

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00701

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.70% (0.00701)	51.49th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.70% (0.00701)	48.20th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.11% (0.00106)	26.34th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	0.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	0.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.53th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	74.44th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	53.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0205.html
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2359
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0205.html		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2359		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 9, 2001

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Mar 8, 2001

Link CVE-2001-0208

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-0208

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2001-0208