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CVE-2001-0421

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.4 Published: 2001-07-02 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

FTP server in Solaris 8 and earlier allows local and remote attackers to cause a core dump in the root directory, possibly with world-readable permissions, by providing a valid username with an invalid password followed by a CWD ~ command, which could release sensitive information such as shadowed passwords, or fill the disk partition.

Affected Platforms

Sun SolarisSun Sunos

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References