CVE-2001-1078
N/A
Published: February 2, 2002 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:55 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorExtremail
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
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.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0291.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2908VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6733Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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