CVE-2001-0653

Sendmail 8.11/8.12 Debugger - Arbitrary Code Execution

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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

2001-08-14 CVE Reserved
2001-09-20 CVE Published
2012-09-04 First Exploit
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-07-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (17)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99841063100516&w=2	Mailing List
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-133.shtml	Government Resource
http://www.sendmail.org/8.11.html	X_refsource_confirm
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7016	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21060	2012-09-04
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21061	2012-09-04
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21062	2012-09-10
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21063	2012-09-10
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3163	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2001-017.txt.asc	2018-05-03
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000412	2018-05-03
http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-032-01	2018-05-03
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2001-106.html	2018-05-03
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-032.0.txt	2018-05-03
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-075.php3	2018-05-03
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_028_sendmail_txt.html	2018-05-03
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0112-007	2018-05-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Sendmail Search vendor "Sendmail"		Sendmail Search vendor "Sendmail" for product "Sendmail"				8.11.0 Search vendor "Sendmail" for product "Sendmail" and version "8.11.0"		-		Affected
Sendmail Search vendor "Sendmail"		Sendmail Search vendor "Sendmail" for product "Sendmail"				8.11.1 Search vendor "Sendmail" for product "Sendmail" and version "8.11.1"		-		Affected
Sendmail Search vendor "Sendmail"		Sendmail Search vendor "Sendmail" for product "Sendmail"				8.11.2 Search vendor "Sendmail" for product "Sendmail" and version "8.11.2"		-		Affected
Sendmail Search vendor "Sendmail"		Sendmail Search vendor "Sendmail" for product "Sendmail"				8.11.3 Search vendor "Sendmail" for product "Sendmail" and version "8.11.3"		-		Affected
Sendmail Search vendor "Sendmail"		Sendmail Search vendor "Sendmail" for product "Sendmail"				8.11.4 Search vendor "Sendmail" for product "Sendmail" and version "8.11.4"		-		Affected
Sendmail Search vendor "Sendmail"		Sendmail Search vendor "Sendmail" for product "Sendmail"				8.11.5 Search vendor "Sendmail" for product "Sendmail" and version "8.11.5"		-		Affected
Sendmail Search vendor "Sendmail"		Sendmail Search vendor "Sendmail" for product "Sendmail"				8.12 Search vendor "Sendmail" for product "Sendmail" and version "8.12"		beta10		Affected
Sendmail Search vendor "Sendmail"		Sendmail Search vendor "Sendmail" for product "Sendmail"				8.12 Search vendor "Sendmail" for product "Sendmail" and version "8.12"		beta12		Affected
Sendmail Search vendor "Sendmail"		Sendmail Search vendor "Sendmail" for product "Sendmail"				8.12 Search vendor "Sendmail" for product "Sendmail" and version "8.12"		beta16		Affected
Sendmail Search vendor "Sendmail"		Sendmail Search vendor "Sendmail" for product "Sendmail"				8.12 Search vendor "Sendmail" for product "Sendmail" and version "8.12"		beta5		Affected
Sendmail Search vendor "Sendmail"		Sendmail Search vendor "Sendmail" for product "Sendmail"				8.12 Search vendor "Sendmail" for product "Sendmail" and version "8.12"		beta7		Affected