When was CVE-2001-0406 disclosed?

CVE-2001-0406 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 2, 2001, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2001-0406 actively exploited?

CVE-2001-0406 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 53.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2001-0406?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2001-0406, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2001-0406

NONECVSS 0.0Weaponized

0.0

Samba before 2.2.0 allows local attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack using (1) a printer queue query, (2) the more command in smbclient, or (3) the mput command in smbclient.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 53.7%
KEV: Not listed

References (20)

cve@mitrehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0305.html
cve@mitrehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0319.html
cve@mitrehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0326.html
cve@mitrehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2001-04/0608.html
cve@mitrehttp://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000395
cve@mitrehttp://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-015.0.txt
cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-048
cve@mitrehttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/670568
cve@mitrehttp://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-040.php3
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2617
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0305.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0319.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0326.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2001-04/0608.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000395

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