MEDIUM
Buffer overflow in mailx in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long '-F' command line option
Published Mar 9, 2002
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.28%
Description
Buffer overflow in mailx in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long '-F' command line option.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.5.1
- 2.5.1
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 8.0
- 8.0
- ≤ 5.9
- n/a
- 5.5
- 5.5.1
- 5.7
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.28% 0.01282
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01282
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 69.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 66.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.18% (0.00175) | 36.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00050) | 21.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 31, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00050) | 19.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 18, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00050) | 17.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00070) | 28.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.92% (0.01924) | 78.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.92% (0.01924) | 76.07th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.92% (0.01924) | 55.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0016.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/184210 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446864 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2610 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8246 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0016.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/184210 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446864 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2610 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8246 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 9, 2002
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jul 27, 2001
Link CVE-2001-0565
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a