CVE-2001-0653 EXPLOIT
4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.2% (pctl 67)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Sendmail 8.10.0 through 8.11.5, and 8.12.0 beta, allows local users to modify process memory and possibly gain privileges via a large value in the 'category' part of debugger (-d) command line arguments, which is interpreted as a negative number.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.6 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 1.18% — more likely to be exploited than 67% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2001-09-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| sendmail | sendmail |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Sendmail 8.11/8.12 Debugger - Arbitrary Code Execution (1) | 2001-08-17 |
| exploit-db | Sendmail 8.11/8.12 Debugger - Arbitrary Code Execution (2) | 2001-08-17 |
| exploit-db | Sendmail 8.11/8.12 Debugger - Arbitrary Code Execution (3) | 2001-08-17 |
| exploit-db | Sendmail 8.11/8.12 Debugger - Arbitrary Code Execution (4) | 2001-08-17 |
References
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2001-017.txt.asc
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000412
- http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-032-01
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99841063100516&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2001-106.html
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-032.0.txt
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-133.shtml
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-075.php3
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_028_sendmail_txt.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3163
- http://www.sendmail.org/8.11.html
- http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0112-007
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7016
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2001-017.txt.asc
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000412
- http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-032-01
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99841063100516&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2001-106.html
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-032.0.txt
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-133.shtml
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