CVE-2001-0915: Berkeley Pmake

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Format string vulnerability in Berkeley parallel make (pmake) 2.1.33 and earlier allows a local user to gain root privileges via format specifiers in the check argument of a shell definition.

Affected products

• Berkeley Pmake: up to and including 2.1.33

Published 2001-11-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.