CVE-2001-0317
Race condition in ptrace in Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.2 allows local users to gain privileges by using ptrace to track and modify a running…
- 3.7LowCVSS base score
- 0.72%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 46% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Race condition in ptrace in Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.2 allows local users to gain privileges by using ptrace to track and modify a running setuid process.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Exploit-DB2 entries
- Linux Kernel 2.2.18 (RedHat 6.2/7.0 / 2.2.14/2.2.18/2.2.18ow4) - ptrace/execve Race Condition Privilege Escalation (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 20720local, linuxpublished 27 Mar 2001Verified
- Linux Kernel 2.2.18 (RedHat 6.2/7.0 / 2.2.14/2.2.18/2.2.18ow4) - ptrace/execve Race Condition Privilege Escalation (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 20721local, linuxpublished 27 Mar 2001Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 33 days later
· 33 days later
Published
- 23 years later
· 23 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.7 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.72% · top 46% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- RHSA-2001:013 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- linux-ptrace-modify-process(6080) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- CSSA-2001-009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAx_transferred
- 20010213 Trustix Security Advisory - proftpd, kernel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2001-0317 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2001-0317)Record last updated .