CVE-2001-1078
Format string vulnerability in flog function of eXtremail 1.1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via format specifiers in the...
- Published
- Feb 2, 2002
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Jun 21, 2001
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 92.4%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Format string vulnerability in flog function of eXtremail 1.1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via format specifiers in the SMTP commands (1) HELO, (2) EHLO, (3) MAIL FROM, or (4) RCPT TO, and the POP3 commands (5) USER and (6) other commands that can be executed after POP3 authentication.
Sources
4B-r00t · linux · Jul 2, 2003
Luca Ercoli · linux · Jun 21, 2001
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