CVE-2001-0565 EXPLOIT
4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.3% (pctl 69)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Buffer overflow in mailx in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long '-F' command line option.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.6 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 1.28% — more likely to be exploited than 69% 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 2.5/2.6/7.0/8 - 'mailx -F' Local Buffer Overflow (2) | 2001-04-15 |
| exploit-db | Solaris 2.5/2.6/7.0/8 - 'mailx -F' Local Buffer Overflow (1) | 2001-04-01 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0016.html
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/184210
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446864
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2610
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8246
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0016.html
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/184210
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446864
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2610
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8246
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