CVEvulnerability
CVE-2001-0482
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2001-06-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
Configuration error in Argus PitBull LX allows root users to bypass specified access control restrictions and cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands by modifying kernel variables such as MaxFiles, MaxInodes, and ModProbePath in /proc/sys via calls to sysctl.
Affected configurations
• argus systems pitbull lx
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0475.html Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6623 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0475.html Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6623 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com