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CVE-2001-1433
Cherokee web server before 0.2.7 does not properly drop root privileges after binding to port 80, which could allow remote attackers to…
High7.5EPSS 3.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Cherokee web server before 0.2.7 does not properly drop root privileges after binding to port 80, which could allow remote attackers to gain privileges via other vulnerabilities.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 20011229 Remote Root Hole in Cherokee Webserver (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- VU#245795 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- cherokee-http-insecure-privileges(7797) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 3771 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2001-1413 (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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