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CVE-2001-1256: hp hp-ux

CVSS: 1.2v2.0LowModified
Published 03-05-2002Last modified 08-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2001-1256 is a low (CVSS 1.2) vulnerability in hp hp-ux. EPSS estimates a 6.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
6/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
1.2/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.12%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 03-05-2002
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

kmmodreg in HP-UX 11.11, 11.04 and 11.00 allows local users to create arbitrary world-writeable files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/.kmmodreg_lock and (2) /tmp/kmpath.tmp temporary files.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

6.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 6.12% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
6.12%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Hp1 product
  • hp-ux11.00 | 11.04 | 11.11

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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