# CVE-2001-0981: Business logic in n/a

> An authenticated user can change another user's password due to missing username validation in the password sync feature.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Jun 2002
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6ch6-64q2-fpvr

## What is CVE-2001-0981?

CVE-2001-0981 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jun 2002. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

HP CIFS/9000 Server (SAMBA) A.01.07 and earlier with the "unix password sync" option enabled calls the passwd program without specifying the username of the user making the request, which could cause the server to change the password of a different user.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0981?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hp Cifs-9000 Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2001-0981?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0981 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2001-0981 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0981 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2002-1318](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1318/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-0085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0085/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-1162](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-1162/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2002-0991](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0991/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2001-0981 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2001-0981 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jun 2002. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0981 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0981/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0981/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-0981
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0981
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2001-0981

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0981/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.