CVE-2001-0387 describes a format string vulnerability in the hfaxd daemon of HylaFAX versions prior to 4.1.b2_2. This flaw allows local users to escalate privileges by manipulating the -q command line argument. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its local attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is unavailable, and it has garnered notable community discussion with 10 mentions, primarily on GitHub.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0_pl0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.0_pl0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0_pl1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.0_pl1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0_pl2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.0_pl2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1_beta1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.1_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1_beta2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.1_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 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.