CVE-2001-0713

Published Oct 12, 2001 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Sendmail before 8.12.1 does not properly drop privileges when the -C option is used to load custom configuration files, which allows local users to gain privileges via malformed arguments in the configuration file whose names contain characters with the high bit set, such as (1) macro names that are one character long, (2) a variable setting which is processed by the setoption function, or (3) a Modifiers setting which is processed by the getmodifiers function.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2001-0699 Sendmail before 8.12.1 does not properly drop privileges when the -C option is used to load custom configuration files, which allows local users to gain privileges via malformed arguments in the configuration file whose names contain characters with the high bit set, such as (1) macro names that are one character long, (2) a variable setting which is processed by the setoption function, or (3) a Modifiers setting which is processed by the getmodifiers function.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 8, 2024, 4:30 AM
Reserved
Sep 25, 2001, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 30, 2001, 5:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 9:54 PM