When was CVE-2001-1162 disclosed?

CVE-2001-1162 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 23, 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-2001-1162 actively exploited?

CVE-2001-1162 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 96.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2001-1162?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2001-1162, 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-2001-1162

NONECVSS 0.0Weaponized

0.0

Directory traversal vulnerability in the %m macro in the smb.conf configuration file in Samba before 2.2.0a allows remote attackers to overwrite certain files via a .. in a NETBIOS name, which is used as the name for a .log file.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 96.9%
KEV: Not listed

References (26)

cve@mitreftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20011002-01-P
cve@mitrehttp://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/l-105.shtml
cve@mitrehttp://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000405
cve@mitrehttp://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-027-01
cve@mitrehttp://us1.samba.org/samba/whatsnew/macroexploit.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-024.0.txt
cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-065
cve@mitrehttp://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-062.php3
cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-086.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/3423
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/193027
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2928
cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6731
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20011002-01-P
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/l-105.shtml

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