CVE-2001-0713
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 12, 2001
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 25, 2001
Description
Sendmail before 8.12.1 does not properly drop privileges when the -C option is used to load custom configuration files, which allows local users to gain privileges via malformed arguments in the configuration file whose names contain characters with the high bit set, such as (1) macro names that are one character long, (2) a variable setting which is processed by the setoption function, or (3) a Modifiers setting which is processed by the getmodifiers function.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 20011001 Multiple Local Sendmail Vulnerabilitiesvendor-advisory
- 3377vdb-entry
- sendmail-setregid-gain-privileges(7192)vdb-entry
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