CVE-2001-1345: Jetico Bestcrypt

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

bctool in Jetico BestCrypt 0.7 and earlier trusts the user-supplied PATH to find and execute an fsck utility program, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH to point to a Trojan horse program.

Affected products

• Jetico Bestcrypt: up to and including 0.7

Published 2001-06-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.