CVE-2001-1384 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2001-1384?

CVE-2001-1384 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 31 Jul 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

ptrace in Linux 2.2.x through 2.2.19, and 2.4.x through 2.4.9, allows local users to gain root privileges by running ptrace on a setuid or setgid program that itself calls an unprivileged program, such as newgrp.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1384?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2001-1384?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-1384 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2001-1384 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-1384 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-vqcp-3f72-59xm.