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CVE-2001-10784 exploits

Format string vulnerability in flog function of eXtremail 1.1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via format spec…

Published 25 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
10.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
5.4%
percentile 93%
Public exploits
4
Exploit-DB

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

5.44% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-49 eXtremail 1.5.x (Linux) - Remote Format Strings · remote · 2003-07-02
  • EDB-20954 eXtremail 1.x/2.1 - Remote Format String (3) · remote · 2006-10-06
  • EDB-20953 eXtremail 1.x/2.1 - Remote Format String (2) · remote · 2001-06-21
  • EDB-20952 eXtremail 1.x/2.1 - Remote Format String (1) · dos · 2001-06-21

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.010.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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