4.6

CVE-2001-0594: sun solaris

Modified
Published 09-03-2002Last modified 08-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2001-0594 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability in sun solaris. EPSS estimates a 0.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 4 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.6/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.95%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits4reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 09-03-2002
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

kcms_configure as included with Solaris 7 and 8 allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a buffer overflow in a command line argument.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.95%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

61%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.95% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

4 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (archives.neohapsis.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databaselocalsolarisVerified

    Solaris 7/8 - 'kcms_configure' Command-Line Buffer Overflow (1)

    Maturity: weaponized

Show all 4 exploits
  • exploit-databaselocalsolarisVerified

    Solaris 7/8 - 'kcms_configure' Command-Line Buffer Overflow (2)

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Sun2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

5 links