VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2001-0623
sendfiled, as included with Simple Asynchronous File Transfer (SAFT), on various Linux systems does not properly drop privileges when sending notification emails, which allows local attackers to gain privileges.
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.80%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.80%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
sendfiled, as included with Simple Asynchronous File Transfer (SAFT), on various Linux systems does not properly drop privileges when sending notification emails, which allows local attackers to gain privileges.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.80% probability · 55th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sendfile/sendfile
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-050
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-052Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6430
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-050
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-052Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6430
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.