CVE-2001-1085 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Lmail versions 2.7 and earlier. An attacker can exploit a race condition involving temporary files and symbolic links to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 3.7, indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-20992) details a temporary file race condition, suggesting proof-of-concept code exists.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jon_zeeff:lmail:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
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