4.6

CVE-2001-0565: sun solaris

CVSS: 4.6v2.0MediumModified
Published 09-03-2002Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2001-0565 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability in sun solaris. EPSS estimates a 1.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.6/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.28%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits3reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 09-03-2002
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

70%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.28% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.28%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

3 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (archives.neohapsis.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databaselocalsolarisVerified

    Solaris 2.5/2.6/7.0/8 - 'mailx -F' Local Buffer Overflow (1)

    Maturity: weaponized

  • exploit-databaselocalsolarisVerified

    Solaris 2.5/2.6/7.0/8 - 'mailx -F' Local Buffer Overflow (2)

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Sun2 products
  • solaris2.5 | 2.5.1 | 2.6 | 7.0 | 8.0
  • sunos≤ 5.9 | na | 5.5 | 5.5.1 | 5.7

1 vendor · 2 products

References

5 links