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CVE-2001-0653

Sendmail 8.11/8.12 Debugger - Arbitrary Code Execution

Severity Score

4.6
*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

5
*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
CVSS Scores
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
  • 2001-08-17 First Exploit
  • 2001-09-20 CVE Published
  • 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-08 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Sendmail
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Sendmail
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8.11.0
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Affected
Sendmail
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Sendmail
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8.11.1
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Affected
Sendmail
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Sendmail
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8.11.2
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Affected
Sendmail
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Sendmail
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8.11.3
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Affected
Sendmail
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Sendmail
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8.11.4
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Affected
Sendmail
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Sendmail
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8.11.5
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Affected
Sendmail
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Sendmail
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8.12
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beta10
Affected
Sendmail
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Sendmail
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8.12
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beta12
Affected
Sendmail
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Sendmail
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8.12
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beta16
Affected
Sendmail
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Sendmail
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8.12
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beta5
Affected
Sendmail
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Sendmail
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8.12
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beta7
Affected