CVE-2001-0789 describes a critical format string vulnerability in the avpkeeper component of Kaspersky KAV 3.5.135.2 for Sendmail. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted email message. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (HIGH), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is listed and it's not in the KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness and potential interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.5.132.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kaspersky:kaspersky_anti-virus:3.5.132.2:*:*:*:*:sendmail:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/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, 0.1 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.