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CVE-2001-0169

LOW · CVSS 2.1 EPSS 0.86%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2001-03-26 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 2.1. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2001-0169
Severity
LOW
CVSS
2.1
EPSS
0.86%

Original NVD Description

When using the LD_PRELOAD environmental variable in SUID or SGID applications, glibc does not verify that preloaded libraries in /etc/ld.so.cache are also SUID/SGID, which could allow a local user to overwrite arbitrary files by loading a library from /lib or /usr/lib.