{"cve":"CVE-2001-1036","nvd":{"published":"2001-08-31T04:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T21:55:27.450","status":"Modified","description":"GNU locate in findutils 4.1 on Slackware 7.1 and 8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via an old formatted filename database (locatedb) that contains an entry with an out-of-range offset, which causes locate to write to arbitrary process memory.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://www.osvdb.org/5477","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200991","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3127","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6932","http://www.osvdb.org/5477"],"products":["gnu:findutils","slackware:slackware_linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:33:02.361923049+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2001-1036","score":0.00897,"percentile":0.596,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}