CVE-2001-0565 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the mailx utility within Solaris 8 and earlier versions. A local attacker can exploit this flaw by providing an excessively long '-F' command line option, leading to privilege escalation. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), indicating low attack complexity and the potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not listed on CISA's KEV, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.