CVE-2001-0565

Solaris 2.5/2.6/7.0/8 - 'mailx -F' Local Buffer Overflow

Severity Score

4.6

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Buffer overflow in mailx in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long '-F' command line option.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 4.6

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2001-04-01 First Exploit
2001-07-27 CVE Reserved
2001-08-14 CVE Published
2023-07-18 EPSS Updated
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/184210	Mailing List
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446864	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2610	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8246	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20772	2001-04-01
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20773	2001-04-15
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0016.html	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Solaris Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris"				2.5 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris" and version "2.5"		sparc		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Solaris Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris"				2.5 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris" and version "2.5"		x86		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Solaris Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris"				2.5.1 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris" and version "2.5.1"		sparc		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Solaris Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris"				2.5.1 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris" and version "2.5.1"		x86		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Solaris Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris"				2.6 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris" and version "2.6"		-		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Solaris Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris"				2.6 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris" and version "2.6"		sparc		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Solaris Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris"				7.0 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris" and version "7.0"		sparc		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Solaris Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris"				7.0 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris" and version "7.0"		x86		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Solaris Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris"				8.0 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris" and version "8.0"		sparc		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Solaris Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris"				8.0 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Solaris" and version "8.0"		x86		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Sunos Search vendor "Sun" for product "Sunos"				<= 5.9 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Sunos" and version " <= 5.9"		-		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Sunos Search vendor "Sun" for product "Sunos"				-		-		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Sunos Search vendor "Sun" for product "Sunos"				5.5 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Sunos" and version "5.5"		-		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Sunos Search vendor "Sun" for product "Sunos"				5.5.1 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Sunos" and version "5.5.1"		-		Affected
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Sunos Search vendor "Sun" for product "Sunos"				5.7 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Sunos" and version "5.7"		-		Affected