MEDIUM
security flaw
Published Mar 9, 2002
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.72%
Description
LPRng in Red Hat Linux 7.0 and 7.1 does not properly drop memberships in supplemental groups when lowering privileges, which could allow a local user to elevate privileges.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.72% 0.00717
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00717
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)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.72% (0.00717) | 52.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.72% (0.00717) | 48.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.12% (0.00116) | 27.91th | 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 (8)
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-096.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-077.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2865 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-0787 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616618 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6703 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0787
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-0787
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-096.shtml | third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-077.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2865 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-0787 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616618 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6703 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0787 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-0787 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 9, 2002
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Oct 12, 2001
Link CVE-2001-0787
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a