CVE-2001-0872
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.9%EU EUVD
OpenSSH 3.0.1 and earlier with UseLogin enabled does not properly cleanse critical environment variables such as LD_PRELOAD, which allows local users to gain root privileges.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.9% (58th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2001-0855)
- Published
- December 21, 2001
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2001-0855 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openbsd / openssh
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- suse / suse linux
- suse / suse linux
- suse / suse linux
- suse / suse linux
- suse / suse linux
Certified products that may be affected
3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 7.1 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0949-2017 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 7.1 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0999-2016 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 OpenSSL Module, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 OpenSSL Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2441 - historical
References
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2001-042.1.txt
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000446
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2001:092
- http://lists.suse.com/archives/suse-security-announce/2001-Dec/0001.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100749779131514&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=100747128105913&w=2
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-026.shtml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-091
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/157447(US Government Resource)
- http://www.osvdb.org/688
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-161.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3614
- http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX0112-005
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7647
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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