CVE-2001-1272 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2001-1272

wmtv 0.6.5 and earlier does not properly drop privileges, which...

Vulnerability Description

wmtv 0.6.5 and earlier does not properly drop privileges, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via the -e (external command) option.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

wmtv
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 3rd, 2002
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.