4.6

CVE-2001-0653: sendmail

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

CVE-2001-0653 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability in sendmail. EPSS estimates a 1.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of scored vulnerabilities. 5 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
1.18%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits5reference, exploit-database

Timeline

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

Description

Sendmail 8.10.0 through 8.11.5, and 8.12.0 beta, allows local users to modify process memory and possibly gain privileges via a large value in the 'category' part of debugger (-d) command line arguments, which is interpreted as a negative number.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

67%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.18% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.18%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

5 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databaselocallinuxVerified

    Sendmail 8.11/8.12 Debugger - Arbitrary Code Execution (1)

    Maturity: weaponized

  • exploit-databaselocallinuxVerified

    Sendmail 8.11/8.12 Debugger - Arbitrary Code Execution (2)

    Maturity: weaponized

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  • exploit-databaselocallinuxVerified

    Sendmail 8.11/8.12 Debugger - Arbitrary Code Execution (3)

    Maturity: weaponized

  • exploit-databaselocallinuxVerified

    Sendmail 8.11/8.12 Debugger - Arbitrary Code Execution (4)

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Sendmail1 product
  • sendmail8.11.0 | 8.11.1 | 8.11.2 | 8.11.3 | 8.11.4 | 8.11.5 | 8.12:beta10 | 8.12:beta12 | 8.12:beta16 | 8.12:beta5 | 8.12:beta7

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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