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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2001-0565

Buffer overflow in mailx in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long '-F' command line option.

MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 1.28%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.28%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 2.0
4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
1.28% probability · 68th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
sun/solaris · sun/sunos
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.