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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 22, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2001-0627

CVE-2001-0627

Description

vi as included with SCO OpenServer 5.0 - 5.0.6 allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

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Affected products

8

SCO Group/Openserver8 versions
cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 5.0 - 5.0.6

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References

5

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0220.htmlnvdExploitVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/2752nvdVendor Advisory
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/747736nvdUS Government Resource
stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openserver/CSSA-2001-SCO.17/CSSA-2001-SCO.17.txtnvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6588nvd

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