CVE-2001-0125 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in exmh version 2.2 and earlier, affecting Debian and Mandrakesoft distributions. An attacker can exploit this by creating a symbolic link to an arbitrary file, allowing them to overwrite it through the exmhErrorMsg temporary file. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 1.2, indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity and a potential impact of partial integrity loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:exmh:exmh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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