LOW
kmmodreg in HP-UX 11.11, 11.04 and 11.00 allows local users to create arbitrary world-writeable files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/.kmmodreg_lock and (2) /tmp/kmpath.tmp temporary files
Published May 3, 2002
1.2
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.12%
Description
kmmodreg in HP-UX 11.11, 11.04 and 11.00 allows local users to create arbitrary world-writeable files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/.kmmodreg_lock and (2) /tmp/kmpath.tmp temporary files.
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.
1.2 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
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.
6.12% 0.06116
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.06116
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 | 6.12% (0.06116) | 93.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.12% (0.06116) | 92.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.21% (0.00207) | 41.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 11.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 18, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 9.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 7.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/l-093.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACPatchVendor Advisory
- http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3354 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/127435 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/TJSL-4Z5Q92 x_refsource_CONFIRMUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/188568 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2821 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6656 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5628 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/l-093.shtml | third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3354 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/127435 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/TJSL-4Z5Q92 | x_refsource_CONFIRMUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/188568 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2821 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6656 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5628 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 3, 2002
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved May 1, 2002
Link CVE-2001-1256
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a