CVE-2001-0713 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges by exploiting improper privilege dropping when loading custom configuration files with specific malformed arguments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-0713?
CVE-2001-0713 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Oct 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0713?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sendmail Sendmail.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0713?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0713 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2001-0713 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0713 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ghm6-wmwg-rrqw.