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CVE-2001-1384

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2001-10-18 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

ptrace in Linux 2.2.x through 2.2.19, and 2.4.x through 2.4.9, allows local users to gain root privileges by running ptrace on a setuid or setgid program that itself calls an unprivileged program, such as newgrp.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References