CVE-2001-1058 — The License Manager (mathlm) for Mathematica 4.0 and 4.1 allows remote attackers to bypass access control (specified by the -restrict argument) and steal a license via a client request that includes the name of a host that is allowed to obtain the license

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The License Manager (mathlm) for Mathematica 4.0 and 4.1 allows remote attackers to bypass access control (specified by the -restrict argument) and steal a license via a client request that includes the name of a host that is allowed to obtain the license

Published Feb 2, 2002

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.58%

Description

The License Manager (mathlm) for Mathematica 4.0 and 4.1 allows remote attackers to bypass access control (specified by the -restrict argument) and steal a license via a client request that includes the name of a host that is allowed to obtain the license.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.58% 0.01584

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01584

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 2, 2026	1.58% (0.01584)	74.69th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.58% (0.01584)	72.29th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.35% (0.00351)	55.33th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.42% (0.00423)	75.10th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.42% (0.00423)	73.60th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.42% (0.00423)	70.27th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200462
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3118
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6927
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200462		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3118		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6927		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 2, 2002

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Jan 31, 2002

Link CVE-2001-1058

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-1058

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2001-1058