Buffer overflow in mailx in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long '-F' command line option.

Published 25 y ago 2001-08-14 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-16 · JSON

CVSS

4.6

v2.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.3%

percentile 70%

Public exploits

Exploit-DB

Buffer overflow in mailx in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long '-F' command line option.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.28% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs.

EDB-20773 Solaris 2.5/2.6/7.0/8 - 'mailx -F' Local Buffer Overflow (2) · local · 2001-04-15
EDB-20772 Solaris 2.5/2.6/7.0/8 - 'mailx -F' Local Buffer Overflow (1) · local · 2001-04-01

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	2.0	4.6	`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/8246 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/2610 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
online.securityfocus.com /archive/1/184210 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
kb.cert.org /vuls/id/446864 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN, x_transferred
archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0016.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

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