01 Record
CVE-2001-1078
Format string vulnerability in flog function of eXtremail 1.1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via format specifiers in the SMTP commands (1) HELO, (2) EHLO, (3) MAIL
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Format string vulnerability in flog function of eXtremail 1.1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via format specifiers in the SMTP commands (1) HELO, (2) EHLO, (3) MAIL
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2002-02-02 05:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:44Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-01-31
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 70766cad79e0bcc5e1fbb7dfbffe91388bd25f4bde42e8b63a1ecc14fbfe8a04
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com2908http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2908
- archives.neohapsis.com20010622 eXtremail Remote Format String ('s)http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0291.html
- www.extremail.comhttp://www.extremail.com/news.htm
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comextremail-flog-format-string(6733)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6733
- www.extremail.comhttp://www.extremail.com/history.htm