CVE-2001-1555

4.6

CVSS v2.0 Base Score

0.44%

LOW RiskEPSS (36th percentile)

NVD-CWE-Other

pt_chmod in Solaris 8 does not call fdetach to reset terminal privileges when users log out of terminals, which allows local users to write to other users' terminals by modifying the ACL of a TTY.

Published: 12/31/2001

Modified: 6/16/2026

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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

4.6

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

0.44%LOW Exploitation Risk

36th percentile

This vulnerability has a 0.44% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 36% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

NVD-CWE-Other

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