CVE-2001-1078 describes a critical format string vulnerability in the flog function of eXtremail versions 1.1.9 and earlier. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to gain root privileges by injecting format specifiers into various SMTP and POP3 commands. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication or complex attack vectors, and leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, multiple exploit codes are publicly available on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating its historical relevance and exploitability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.