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CVE-2001-0032: Eric Rescorla Ssldump: Privilege escalation
CVE-2001-0032 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Eric Rescorla Ssldump. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.
Vulnerability description
Format string vulnerability in ssldump possibly allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly gain root privileges via malicious format string specifiers in a URL.
Severity breakdown
CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
- Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
- Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
- Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
- Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
- Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.
Affected products
- Eric Rescorla Ssldump: 0.9b1