MEDIUM
security flaw
Published Mar 9, 2002
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.83%
Description
2.4.3-12 kernel in Red Hat Linux 7.1 Korean installation program sets the setting default umask for init to 000, which installs files with world-writeable permissions.
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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.83% 0.01827
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01827
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.83% (0.01827) | 78.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.83% (0.01827) | 75.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.47% (0.00471) | 62.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.20% (0.00204) | 59.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 15, 2024 | 0.20% (0.00204) | 58.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.20% (0.00204) | 56.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3725 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-148.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3527 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-0859 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616627 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7549 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0859
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-0859
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3725 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-148.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3527 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-0859 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616627 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7549 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0859 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-0859 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 9, 2002
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Nov 22, 2001
Link CVE-2001-0859
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a