CVE-2001-0170
23Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendepss 0.8%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDMay 7
1st PoCJan 1
exploitation probability
0.8%top 45% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
2 public exploit(s)
glibc 2.1.9x and earlier does not properly clear the RESOLV_HOST_CONF, HOSTALIASES, or RES_OPTIONS environmental variables when executing setuid/setgid programs, which could allow local users to read arbitrary files.
Affected products
n/a · n/apublic PoCs found — 2✓ VexDay Proof
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