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CVE-2001-1442

Buffer overflow in innfeed for ISC InterNetNews (INN) before 2.3.0 allows local users in the "news" group to gain privil

Buffer overflow in innfeed for ISC InterNetNews (INN) before 2.3.0 allows local users in the "news" group to gain privileges via a long -c command line argument.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.0044
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Affected Products & Versions

1
isc innall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

6
localISC INN 2.x - Command-Line Buffer Overflow (1)verified
localISC INN 2.x - Command-Line Buffer Overflow (2)verified
pocarchives.neohapsis.com · 0311.htmlarchives.neohapsis.com
pocsecuritytracker.com · id?1001353securitytracker.com
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 178011www.securityfocus.com
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 2620www.securityfocus.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 NVD21 Apr 2001 · 04:00 AM
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/943536US Government Resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6398
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