CVE-2001-0891
highFormat string vulnerability in NQS daemon (nqsdaemon) in NQE 3.3.0.16 for CRAY UNICOS and SGI IRIX allows a local user to gain root privileges by using qsub to…
Vendor / product: Sgi — nqsdaemon
Format string vulnerability in NQS daemon (nqsdaemon) in NQE 3.3.0.16 for CRAY UNICOS and SGI IRIX allows a local user to gain root privileges by using qsub to submit a batch job whose name contains formatting characters.
CVSS
7.2
7.2 (CVSS v2.0)
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Severity source: NVD CVSS v2.0 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2002-01-31 05:00
Modified: 2026-11-12 00:10
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 2 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-12 00:12 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
sgi / nqsdaemon 3.3.0.16
cray / unicos all versions
Weakness classification (CWE)
NVD-CWE-Other
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100695627423924&w=2 cve@mitre.org
- http://www.osvdb.org/3275 cve@mitre.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3590 cve@mitre.org
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7618 cve@mitre.org
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100695627423924&w=2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://www.osvdb.org/3275 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3590 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7618 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-12 00:12 UTC · record ↗