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CVE-2001-0565

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

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

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.00175
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Affected Products & Versions

3
sun solarisall versions
sun sunos<= 5.9
sun sunosall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

3
localSolaris 2.5/2.6/7.0/8 - 'mailx -F' Local Buffer Overflow (2)verified
localSolaris 2.5/2.6/7.0/8 - 'mailx -F' Local Buffer Overflow (1)verified
pocarchives.neohapsis.com · 0016.htmlarchives.neohapsis.com
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Scoring & Timeline

4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD14 Aug 2001 · 04:00 AM
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/184210
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446864US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2610
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8246
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