CVE-2001-0482: Argus Systems Pitbull Lx

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Configuration error in Argus PitBull LX allows root users to bypass specified access control restrictions and cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands by modifying kernel variables such as MaxFiles, MaxInodes, and ModProbePath in /proc/sys via calls to sysctl.

Affected products

• Argus Systems Pitbull Lx: any version

Published 2001-06-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.