CVE-2001-0548 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the dtmail application within Solaris 2.6 and 7. This flaw allows a local attacker to escalate their privileges by manipulating the MAIL environment variable. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), exploitation is considered low complexity but can lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not actively exploited in the wild and not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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