4.6med
CVE-2001-05261 exploit
Buffer overflow in the Xview library as used by mailtool in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain privileges via the OPENWI…
Published 25 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
4.6
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.9%
percentile 61%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB
Summary
Buffer overflow in the Xview library as used by mailtool in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain privileges via the OPENWINHOME environment variable.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.93% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61% of all scored CVEs.
Exploits and detections
- EDB-20885 Solaris 8 mailtool - Local Buffer Overflow · local · 2001-06-01
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/6626 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
- archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0258.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2001-0526
- NVD: CVE-2001-0526
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