CVE-2001-0526 EXPLOIT
4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 0.9% (pctl 60)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.6 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 0.93% — more likely to be exploited than 60% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2001-08-14 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| sun | solaris |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Solaris 8 mailtool - Local Buffer Overflow | 2001-06-01 |
References
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