CVE-2001-0548 EXPLOIT
4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 0.8% (pctl 54)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Buffer overflow in dtmail in Solaris 2.6 and 7 allows local users to gain privileges via the MAIL environment variable.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.6 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 0.77% — more likely to be exploited than 54% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2001-08-14 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| sun | solaris |
| sun | sunos |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Solaris 2.6/7.0 - DTMail Mail Environment Variable Buffer Overflow | 2001-07-24 |
References
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