CVE-2001-1345 — bctool in Jetico BestCrypt 0.7 and earlier trusts the user-supplied PATH to find and execute an fsck utility program, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH to point to a Trojan horse program

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MEDIUM

bctool in Jetico BestCrypt 0.7 and earlier trusts the user-supplied PATH to find and execute an fsck utility program, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH to point to a Trojan horse program

Published Jun 25, 2002

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.50%

Description

bctool in Jetico BestCrypt 0.7 and earlier trusts the user-supplied PATH to find and execute an fsck utility program, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH to point to a Trojan horse program.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.50% 0.00499

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

EPSS probability 0.00499

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	0.50% (0.00499)	40.50th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.50% (0.00499)	38.58th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00061)	16.27th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00950)	32.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	30.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	28.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	13.46th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0005.html
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.jetico.com/index.htm#/linux.htm
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2820
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6648
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0005.html		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.jetico.com/index.htm#/linux.htm		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2820		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6648		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 25, 2002

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved May 1, 2002

Link CVE-2001-1345

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-1345

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2001-1345