CVE-2001-0271 describes a critical command injection vulnerability in mailnews.cgi versions 1.3 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by injecting shell metacharacters into the username field. This vulnerability carries a maximum CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk with network-based exploitation requiring low attack complexity and resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high severity, there is no public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has not been added to CISA's KEV catalog; furthermore, there is no evidence of active exploitation or community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mailnews.cgi:mailnews.cgi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.