CVE-2001-0978 — login in HP-UX 10.26 does not record failed login attempts in /var/adm/btmp, which could allow attackers to conduct brute force password guessing attacks without being detected or observed using the lastb program

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login in HP-UX 10.26 does not record failed login attempts in /var/adm/btmp, which could allow attackers to conduct brute force password guessing attacks without being detected or observed using the lastb program

Published Apr 2, 2003

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.14%

Description

login in HP-UX 10.26 does not record failed login attempts in /var/adm/btmp, which could allow attackers to conduct brute force password guessing attacks without being detected or observed using the lastb program.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.14% 0.02144

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

EPSS probability 0.02144

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 (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.14% (0.02144)	81.41th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.14% (0.02144)	79.63th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.74% (0.00740)	71.22th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.39% (0.00389)	74.09th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.44% (0.00438)	74.02th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 29, 2024	0.49% (0.00488)	73.55th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.50% (0.00496)	72.53th	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 (3)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2001-q3/0052.html
issue-trackingx_refsource_HPBUGPatch
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8632.php
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3289
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2001-q3/0052.html		issue-trackingx_refsource_HPBUGPatch
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8632.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3289		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 2, 2003

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Jan 31, 2002

Link CVE-2001-0978

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-0978

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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