{"id":"CVE-2001-0889","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2001-0889","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:37:08.226Z","title":"Exim 3.22 and earlier, in some configurations, does not properly verify the local part of an address when redirecting the address to a pipe, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.","description":"Exim 3.22 and earlier, in some configurations, does not properly verify the local part of an address when redirecting the address to a pipe, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.","published":"2001-12-19T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:55:10.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["university of cambridge/exim","redhat/linux"],"epss":{"score":0.06354,"percentile":0.93594,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100877978506387&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-097","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/283723","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-176.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3728","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7738","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100877978506387&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-097","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/283723","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-176.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3728","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7738","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0889","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}