CVE-2001-0317

Status: ModifiedLow (3.7)—Exploit

Severity3.7Low · CVSS 2.0

Exploitation probability0.72 %higher than 53% of CVEs

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog

Public exploitAvailablePublished on Exploit-DB

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.

CVSS

Base score: 3.7
Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.72 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 53
Score date: 10/21/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Published on Exploit-DB · 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) (3/27/2001)
Published on Exploit-DB · 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) (3/27/2001)

Affected technologies (1)

Linux — Linux Kernel

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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