CVE-2001-1442 EXPLOIT
4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.9% (pctl 79)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Buffer overflow in innfeed for ISC InterNetNews (INN) before 2.3.0 allows local users in the "news" group to gain privileges via a long -c command line argument.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.6 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 1.89% — more likely to be exploited than 79% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2001-04-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| isc | inn |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | ISC INN 2.x - Command-Line Buffer Overflow (1) | 2001-04-18 |
| exploit-db | ISC INN 2.x - Command-Line Buffer Overflow (2) | 2001-04-18 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0311.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1001353
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/943536
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/178011
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2620
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6398
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0311.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1001353
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/943536
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/178011
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2620
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6398
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