VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2001-1078

CVSS score10 HIGH
EPSS probability5.44%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2001-06-21
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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 FROM, or (4) RCPT TO, and the POP3 commands (5) USER and (6) other commands that can be executed after POP3 authentication.

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