{
    "id": "CVE-2001-0653",
    "published": "2001-09-20 04:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 21:54:41",
    "cvss_score": "4.6",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.01177",
    "epss_percentile": "0.66739",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-11 18:17:02",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "sendmail",
            "product": "sendmail"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "21060",
            "title": "Sendmail 8.11/8.12 Debugger - Arbitrary Code Execution (1)",
            "date": "2001-08-17",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21060"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "21061",
            "title": "Sendmail 8.11/8.12 Debugger - Arbitrary Code Execution (2)",
            "date": "2001-08-17",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21061"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "21062",
            "title": "Sendmail 8.11/8.12 Debugger - Arbitrary Code Execution (3)",
            "date": "2001-08-17",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21062"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "21063",
            "title": "Sendmail 8.11/8.12 Debugger - Arbitrary Code Execution (4)",
            "date": "2001-08-17",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21063"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "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"
    ]
}