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CVE-2001-0873 — HIGH severity vulnerability (uuxqt in Taylor UUCP package does not properly remove danger)

uuxqt in Taylor UUCP package does not properly remove dangerous long options, which allows local users to gain privileges by calling uux and specifying an alternate configuration file with the --config option.

CVE IDCVE-2001-0873
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.2
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2001-12-21
Last modified2026-04-16
Descriptionuuxqt in Taylor UUCP package does not properly remove dangerous long options, which allows local users to gain privileges by calling uux and specifying an alternate configuration file with the --config option.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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