CVE-2001-1173 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in MasqMail versions prior to 0.1.15. An attacker could exploit this flaw through piped aliases to gain elevated privileges on the affected system. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its local attack vector and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:masqmail:masqmail:0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:masqmail:masqmail:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:masqmail:masqmail:0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:masqmail:masqmail:0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:masqmail:masqmail:0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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