CVE-2001-0905 describes a race condition vulnerability in procmail version 3.20 and earlier, specifically when the software is running with setuid permissions. This flaw allows local users to trigger a denial of service or potentially gain root privileges by sending a signal while a signal handling routine is already active. Rated with a CVSS score of 6.2 (MEDIUM), exploitation requires high attack complexity (AC:H) but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:C/I:C/A:C). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:procmail:procmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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